Box of Old Mythologies, 1998
Scope and Contents
The piece consists of a small suitcase collaged with overlaid pages from a small format encyclopedia that has been printed on wood based acid paper as evidenced by the discolorations. The inside of the suitcase is also collaged with the same pages. Eight cardboard boxes are placed within the suitcase. Their labels related to their contents. For example, a box with the dictionary definition of camouflage contains a paper butterfly cut from a dictionary page that is pinned onto a dictionary page fitted to the bottom of the box. A box labeled lent contains ashes. A box labeled trinity contains an insulated electric wire with three smaller insulated electric wires against a black paper background. According to a letter from Collins, the other copy is in a Hungarian collection. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates
- Creation: 1998
Creator
- Collins, Patricia (artist) (Person)
Extent
0 See container summary (1 lent box (cardboard, metal clips, translucent paper, paper, rubberstamped) + "lent" box contents (ashes) + "camouflage" box (cardboard, metal clips, translucent paper, paper, printed) + box contents (paper butterfly, pin) + "trinity" box (cardboard, metal clips, translucent paper, paper, printed, rubberstamped) + box contents (insulated electric wire, paper, wood) + "prometheus" box (cardboard, metal clips, translucent paper, paper, rubberstamped) + box contents (2 electric mains plugs) + "muse" box (cardboard, metal clips, translucent paper, paper, rubberstamped) + box contents (alphabet soap pasta, wood) + "mars" box (cardboard, metal clips, translucent paper, paper, rubberstamped) + box contents (paper, gravel, glass bottle, glass fragments) + "phoenix" box (cardboard, metal clips, translucent paper, paper, rubberstamped) + box contents (ashes, feather) + "icarus" box (cardboard, metal clips, translucent paper, paper, rubberstamped) + box contents (wax shavings) in suitcase (cardboard, collaged, paper)) ; suitcase 8 x 30 x 28 cm
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Physical Location
Current location: Boxed objects
Original Sackner location: duplicate stora
Custodial History
The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, a gift from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Collins, 1998.
General
Published: Teddington Middlesex, England : Patricia Collins. Signed by: Patricia Collins 1997 (t.c.- suitcase bottom). Nationality of creator: British. General: About 2 total copies. 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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