The Flat Chin / Was, Elizabeth (aka Was, Liz)., 1988
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Scope and Contents
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.
Dates
- Creation: 1988
Creator
- Was, Elizabeth, 1956-2004 (Person)
Extent
0 See container summary (1 collage (painted additions, handcolored additions, metal, unconventionally shaped, wood, string, nails, plastic hose, letraset) in board) ; 62 x 54 x 2 cm
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Physical Location
side bookcase 1904
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: La Farge, Wisconsin : [Publisher not identified]. Signed by: e.w. (l.r.- recto); Liz Waz (b.c.- verso). Nationality of creator: American. General: About 1 total copies. General: Added by: CONV; updated by: MARVIN.
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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