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6-seitiger Leporello mit 10 Papierreliefs an Messingstäben
- Title
- 6-seitiger Leporello mit 10 Papierreliefs an Messingstäben / Takako Saito.
- Author
- Saito, Takako, 1929-
- Publication
- 1984.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Artifact | By appointment only | Spencer Coll. Ger. 1984 12-113 | Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308 |
Details
- Description
- 1 art original : paper, plastic, brass; 87 x 21 cm., folded to 15 x 21 cm.
- Summary
- Title and name of artist from pencil inscription on slipcase.
- Signed and dated by the artist in silver ink on outside of first panel.
- A folding strip of 6 panels, formed from 6 sheets of black flexible plastic decorated in shades of dark gray with a pattern resembling paste paper and joined with strips of black cloth. Mounted on each of the first 5 panels are 2 "paper reliefs," which consist of multiple contoured layers of die-cut thin white paper shapes resembling human or animal faces in profile, secured by means of thin brass rods attached with thread at left and right margins. The last panel has 2 holes at top margin, so that the work may be hung for display. When folded, the work is secured with 2 black cloth ties.
- Alternative Title
- Sechsseitiger Leporello mit zehn Papierreliefs an Messingstäben
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Artists' books – Germany – 20th century.
- Sculpture.
- Cut-paper works.
- Paper sculpture.
- Profile portraits.
- Wall hangings.
- Metal.
- Brass (Alloy)
- Biography (note)
- Takako Saito is a Japanese-born artist who currently lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany. She is associated with Fluxus, the international collective of avant-garde artists active primarily in the 1960s and 1970s.
- Binding (note)
- Issued in gray cardboard slipcase.
- Call Number
- Spencer Coll. Ger. 1984 12-113
- OCLC
- 797219954
- Author
- Saito, Takako, 1929-
- Title
- 6-seitiger Leporello mit 10 Papierreliefs an Messingstäben / Takako Saito.
- Imprint
- 1984.
- Biography
- Takako Saito is a Japanese-born artist who currently lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany. She is associated with Fluxus, the international collective of avant-garde artists active primarily in the 1960s and 1970s.
- Binding
- Issued in gray cardboard slipcase.
- Research Call Number
- Spencer Coll. Ger. 1984 12-113