The Parchment Is Burning , 1985
Scope and Contents
The full title of this print, a quote from Rabbi Hanina Ben Tradyon, is "The Parchment is Burning but the Letters are Flying Free." It depicts Hebrew letters arranged randomly above a collaged, burnt surface of paper at the bottom of the print. Tradyon was an ancient Talmudic scholar who was executed for his beliefs. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates
- Creation: 1985
Creator
- Avadenka, Lynne, 1955- (Person)
Full Extent
0 See container summary (1 print (letterpress, collaged, paper)) ; 46 x 36 cm
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Physical Location
study large not
Custodial History
The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, gift from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.
General
Published: Detroit, Michigan : Land Marks Press. Signed by: Lynne Avadenka 1985 (l.r.). Nationality of creator: American. General: About 30 total copies. 10 number copy. General: Added by: CONV; updated by: MARVIN.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository
125 W. Washington St.
Main Library
Iowa City Iowa
319-335-5921
