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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Museum culture
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- Description
- A screen-printed portfolio cover containing eight screen prints that humorously critique museum methods and ideologies on material collection, exhibition, and organization. The portfolio was printed by Columbia University's LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies and is indicated by the chops (printer's marks) on the verso of the prints. The portfolio cover contains an image of a broken column, and the eight prints include labeled diagrams and charts of insects, sea creatures, birds, plants, and mythical creatures in a style reminiscent of nineteenth-century natural history illustrations. Titles include: On the Exhibition of a Museum Collection Object; Thorny Territory; Notable Bird Beaks of American History; Intangible Associations; Exhibition Paradise and Perdition; The Bestiary of Museum Visitors; On Museum Collection and Controls; and The Stegosaurus of Alfred H. Barr Jr. The prints are in red, blue, and black ink, and in pencil the artist has signed his name, date, and the edition number. This is the seventh edition out of the twenty that were printed.
