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13 Variations / Williams, Emmett., 1965

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Identifier: CC-37687-39561

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Scope and Contents

This work is also designated Mat Mot No.6. The piece consists of six words written by Gertrude Stein, "when this you see remember me," a color assigned to each word. Each print doubles the number of words from the previous plate such that in the final print the 24,516 words fuse together. The work was made by handstamping the work on 72 plates, and the integrated result visible only after 78 operations of the color press. The stamping was done at full speed to achieve the fusion of words, not the spreading of color. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1965

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (13 prints (accordion fold, lithograph) in clamshell box (museum boards, paper covered)) ; prints 23 x 23 cm, in box 28 x 28 x 4 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

shelf near box

Custodial History

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

General

Published: Cologne, West Germany : Mat Mot. Signed by: Emmett Willams (l.r.- inner hinge fold). Nationality of creator: American. General: About 250 total copies. 20 number copy. General: Added by: CONV; updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

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

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