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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M24142
People
Bruce Conner, American (McPherson, Kansas 1933 - 2008 San Francisco)
Printed by Limestone Press, San Francisco
Published by Hine Editions
Title
The Adventures of a Novel in Four Chapters
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: The Adventures of a Novel in Four Chapters
Classification
Prints
Work Type
artist's book
Date
1991
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/192944

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Relief print
Dimensions
sight: 34.3 x 26.5 cm (13 1/2 x 10 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: page 29, graphite, signed, in artist's hand: Bruce Conner 89/100

    The artist has signed and editioned the original inkblot drawing.
  • inscription: page 31, graphite, signed: signature of the author

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Curt Marcus Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, April 12, 1999.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Sarah-Ann and Werner H. Kramarsky
Copyright
© Conner Family Trust, San Francisco / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1999
Object Number
M24142
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
This object is a relief printed book with prose by McClure which is visually framed byConner's signature inkblots. There are two bound inkblot prints after the text and one original signed and editioned (89/100) inkblot drawing by Conner affixed on a page at the end.

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