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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.
Type
Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date
2020.
Call number
priPEF 1
Creator
Dion, Mark (1961-)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Purchased from Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, August 2022.
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Dimensions
37 cm x 30 cm or smaller
Associated organization
LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies,
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