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Sweat & Saliva Series, 2001

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: CC-37208-39052

Scope and Contents

Wescher wrote alternating recipes and romantic phrases on a place setting of off-white dishes. For example, the bowl combines a recipe for tomato basil soup with "2 warm bodies" and "2 sets free roaming hands." The dessert dish calls for "express cream, ricotta cheese" and "2 pairs caressing hands," and "2 pairs soft lips." The appetizer plate reads, "spicy grilled shrimp, 2 eyes with lashes painted." The salad plate is for strawberry-avocado salad with "2 pairs soft lips 1/4 cup olive oil, 2 wet tongues." The main course, on a dinner plate, is "chicken and asparagus, black bean enchiladas, 2 warm bodies." The texts were written in a circular pattern starting from the outside edge to the center. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 2001

Creator

Extent

1 items (1 poem object) : 6 ceramic dishes (ink, handwriting, glaze) ; stacked dishes 26 x 26 x 8 cm

Language of Materials

English

Original Sackner Archive Location

dining room

Custodial History

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

Materials Specific Details

Published: Miami, Florida : [Publisher not identified]. Signed by: [Wendy] Wescher (c.- verso plate). Nationality of creator: American. Copies: About 1 total copies.

General

The appetizer and dessert plates have been placed in Box 196. The rest of the set is in Box 197.

Processing Information

Added by: RED; updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

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

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