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Be Fruitful and Multiply, 1987

 Item — Box: 297
Identifier: CC-12235-12459

Scope and Contents

The imagery in this knitted sweater relates to fruit, including the one arm bandit, gambling or fruit machines, a big apple, and a "Be Fruitful..." text. The colors have their basis in the brightness of Southwestern United States where Furnival knitted this piece at Roswell Institute, New Mexico, during an artistic sabbatical. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1987

Creator

Full Extent

1 item (1 object) : 1 clothing (sweater, knitted) ; 76 x 152 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

closet RKS

Custodial History

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

Materials Specific Details

Published: Woodchester Gloucester, England : [Publisher not identified]. Nationality of creator: British. Copies: About 1 total copies.

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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