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Exposition Itinerante des Dictions (Traveling Exhibition of Sayings) / Kolar, Jiri., 1983

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Identifier: CC-08138-8299

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Scope and Contents

The types of collages utilized by Kolar and found in this work were described in a glossary of his Albright-Knox exhibition catalogue "Transformations": banknotes, chiasmage, confrontage, crumplage, intercollage, prolage, rapportage, rollage, and sampl Each of collage may incorporate several forms. The verso of several collages incorporate fragments of other collages as if Kolar were sketching with collage rather than paint or pencil. The titles of the collages in Slavic are also written on the verso. Four few collages have been matted and are stored in a flat file drawer. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1983

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (23 collages (torn, relief, ribbon, accordion fold, crumpled, cut, both sides) + 2 objects (spoon, mirror, collaged) in briefcase (plexiglas)) ; collages 30 x 40 cm, in briefcase 10 x 45 x 33 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

master bedroom suite & flat files

Custodial History

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

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift, 1985.

General

Published: Paris, France : [Publisher not identified]. Signed by: JK (l.r.- verso collages). Nationality of creator: Czechoslovakian. General: About 1 total copies. General: Added by: CONV; updated by: KEELEY.

Repository Details

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

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