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[Untitled: wo man Bucher Verbrennt] / Barron, Susan., 1991 - 1994

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Identifier: CC-34546-36245

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Scope and Contents

The artist writes, "It is the final drawing (7th) precipitating and thus 'illustrating' the prose piece 'Jamaica Mistake,' the 1994 accounting of the actual events of the seven days of Creation as previously misrepresented and whitewashed in the book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible." The collaged German text in the lower left corner, from "Almansor" by Heinrich Heine reads "wo man Bucher verbrennt, verbrennt man auch am Ende Menschen." Colloquially translated by Barron in her correspondence: " Where one burns books, one will eventually incinerate people." The drawing of an open faced book in left upper corner is written in Hebrew micrography. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1991 - 1994

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 drawing (collage, butterfly wing powder, eyelashes, blood, graphite, charcoal, conte crayon, watercolor, paper) in mat (museum board, graphite handwriting) + frame) ; 24 x 24 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

hallway 1st flo

Custodial History

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

General

General: Title provided by Marvin or Ruth Sackner. Published: Brooklyn, New York : [Publisher not identified]. Signed by: susan barron (r.c.). Nationality of creator: American. General: About 1 total copies. General: Added by: RED; updated by: BARB.

Repository Details

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

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