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A Printer's Exquisite Corpse / Tetenbaum, Barbara, editor; Davids B; Gallo P; Golden A; Grant Sk; Hoyt S; Johnston A; King S; Kruty P; Lee J; Licher B; Lingen R; McGrath J; Reese H; Risseeuw J; Scobey P; Tetenbaum B; Tisdale W; VanVliet C; Weier D; Faust D., 1992

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Identifier: CC-01438-1471

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Scope and Contents

The case is fitted with four compartments arranged vertically such that top has images of the head, the next down, images of the chest, the next down, images of the abdomen and upper thighs, and the bottom, the lower extremities. The prints can be rearranged in their compartments to form an infinite variety of body views. The project was initiated by Silver Buckle Press through a request to 33 small presses to submit a print based upon one of the aforementioned body parts. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1992

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (37 prints (letterpress, offset, collaged, perforated, glitter, handcolored additions, rubberstamped, linocut, pochoir) in case (collaged, museum board, cloth covered)) ; prints 13 x 23 cm, in case 55 x 22 x 2 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

shelf portfolio

Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

General

Published: Madison, Wisconsin : Silver Buckle Press. Signed by: all contributors. Nationality of creator: American. General: About 100 total copies. 57 number copy. 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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