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Hocus Pocus
Artist: Werner Pfeiffer (American, born 1937)
Date: 2012
Dimensions:
H: 13 in. (33 cm); W: 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm); Depth: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Mrs. George W. Stevens Fund
Object number: 2014.11
DescriptionThe catalog has been cut into twelve pieces, which have been rebound as miniature books that then can be reconfigured into any of hundreds of random arrangements. The dismembered catalog is enclosed within a box held together by a knife. From an edition of 50 copies.
At the center of Hocus Pocus is a substantial catalog from the major exhibition of Dada art held in Paris, New York, and Washington, D. C. The catalog has been cut into twelve pieces, which have been rebound as miniature books that then can be reconfigured into any of hundreds of random arrangements. The dismembered catalog is enclosed within a box held together by a knife. From an edition of 50 copies.
At the center of Hocus Pocus is a substantial catalog from the major exhibition of Dada art held in Paris, New York, and Washington, D. C. The catalog has been cut into twelve pieces, which have been rebound as miniature books that then can be reconfigured into any of hundreds of random arrangements. The dismembered catalog is enclosed within a box held together by a knife. From an edition of 50 copies.
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