Homage to George Lott, 1997
Scope and Contents
George Lott was an American soldier in WWII whose wounding in battle was published by Life magazine. Because of this publicity, he received over 3000 letters. Baroni's homage consists of collaging two paper, addressed envelopes from mail he received to each of 10 pages and both covers and adding band-aids or adhesive tape to them. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates
- Creation: 1997
Creator
- Baroni, Vittore, 1956- (Person)
Extent
0 See container summary (1 soft cover book + pages (collaged, envelopes) + page (collaged, photocopied colored print) + page (collaged, photocopied print) (12 pages) in covers (collaged, envelopes)) ; 29 x 20.6 cm
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Physical Location
boxed artist materials
Custodial History
The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, a gift from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.
General
Published: Viareggio, Italy : Vittore Baroni. Signed by: vittore [Baroni] 97 (b.c.- inside front cover). Nationality of creator: Italian. General: About 1 total copy. General: Added by: RED; updated by: RED.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository
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Main Library
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