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Aphorism

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

The Limits of My Language Are the Limits of My World, 1999

 Item — Box 147: [Barcode: 31858072458007]
Identifier: CC-32222-33777
Scope and Contents

This object was formed from by photocopied hand lettered text in the style Phillips uses for his text based sculptures, where each letter is physically linked to adjacent ones. The photocopied sentence of the title, glued onto the cube is repeated twice on each of its surfaces. The Sackner Archive also holds the hand-drawn maquette for this work. The text is by the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

The Limits of My Language Are the Limits of My World [maquette], 1999

 Item — Box 147: [Barcode: 31858072458007]
Identifier: CC-32223-33779
Scope and Contents

For this maquette, Tom Phillips hand lettered the text in the style he used for his text based wall sculptures. He marked design changes in small, red symbols. Each letter is linked to adjacent ones. The sentence of the title is repeated twice on each surface of the cube and hand-drawn on each surface of the wooden cube. The maquette is slightly smaller than the finished work that is also held by the Sackner Archive. The text is by the philospher Ludwig Wittgenstein. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999