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Miss America Is a Virgin, 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-30285-31694

Scope and Contents

This collage has complex meanings in reference to its title. It was made near the date that levy committed suicide. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1968

Creator

Extent

1 See container summary (Collage art from magazines and newspapers mostly of thin women but also Medusa (in a circle but also top left corner where Perseus has cut off her head), Hitler (in a stamp), and two comics lower left and lower right. The words "Miss America is a Virgin" have been handwritten on newspaper and pasted on top. ) : 1 collage (paper, ink, graphite, handwriting) ; 22 x 16 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

flat archival box -- portfolio alphabetical shelves

Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, a gift of Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

General

Published: Cleveland, Ohio : [Publisher not identified]. Signed by: d.a. levy October 1968 (c.- verso). Nationality of creator: American. General: About 1 total copies. General: Added by: CONV; updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

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