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Boggs: A Comedy of Values / Weschler, Lawrence ; Alechinsky P., 1999

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Identifier: CC-33703-35365

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Scope and Contents

This book documents the antics of J.S.G. Boggs, a visual artist whose ouevre consists of drawn reproductions of currency that are bartered as artworks to merchants for wares or sevices. It raises the questions of trust in anything as confoundingly insubstantial as money, and how to place a value in art and other things. The book is illustrated with reproductions of currency drawn and designed by Boggs. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1999

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 hard cover book (161 pages) in dust jacket) ; 21 x 13.5 x 1.7 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

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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: Chicago, Illinois : University of Chicago Press. Nationality of creator: American. General: Added by: RED; updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

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

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