Was, Elizabeth, 1956-2004
Dates
- Existence: 1956 May 29 - 2004 February 28
Nationality
American
Found in 73 Collections and/or Records:
The Flat Chin / Was, Elizabeth (aka Was, Liz)., 1988
Using made-up words like nasolabialis and embouture, the artist has placed them on a wooden support that seems to resemble a tongue. The vertical text reads in part "All roads lead to the flat chin/all roads leave from the flat chin. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Wakests, 1993
The first five cards provide documentation of this project that deal with line drawings of "Wakest" creatures on the recto with a two word caption on the verso. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Wisconsin Conservatory of Music / Miekal And; Elizabeth Was., 1991
The cover art was done by Jake Berry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Trilobite / And, Miekal ; Was, Elizabeth., 1983
The bookbinding and the handcolored additions makes this work unique. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
[Understanding The Product] / Was, Elizabeth., 1988
The lungs in this neo-dada conception are depicted as a missile. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Veil, 1987
This book was designed by Elizabeth Was. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Voyage 1984 Greta Garbo Box, 1984
Images include Greta Garbo and others from the Art World. This also appears in a trade edition which is held by the Sackner Archive. The box and handcoloring make this edition unique. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Wakest Aims? Kind Law & Zeal / Was, Elizabeth ; And, Miekal ; Helsem, Michael., 1989
Elizabeth Was uses her abbreviated name "Liz Was" in this book. The authors describe this book as a "composite assembling of styles of visual information...contrasting the hand-drawn with the computer-generated, the cave painting with the graffiti. Language has been twisted to form palindromes & anagrams. Photos have materialized out of nowhere to be assigned neologisms. Glyphs have been etched into paper & slogans have been coined." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Weed-Green, 1985
Edited and designed by Liz Was, text by Swoh Allen, and drawings by A.W.Vandenburgh. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.