RE

Artist Kiki Smith (American, born 1954)

Publisher Turkey Press, [Isla Vista, California], 1994

Date1994

Dimensionsenvelope: 10 1/4 x 8 3/16 in. (260 x 208mm)
book (very uneven, due to erratically folded gampi paper attachment): 7 1/2 x 6 1/8 in. (191 x 156mm)
envelope: 22.9 x 17.6 cm (9 x 6 15/16 in.)

MediumReproductions: photolithographs (photoengravings) of photographs in sanguine Text: letterpress (typeface: handset Palatino and Bembo) Paper: 1954 Whatman paper, watermarked, with adhered gampi silk tissue

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineMolly and Walter Bareiss Art Fund

Object number

1995.18

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Label TextIn RE, Kiki Smith reimagines an ancient Egyptian funerary text to explore themes of regeneration, death, and cosmic order. The book incorporates a modern adaptation of the Papyrus Bremner-Rhind, a priestly manual from the Ptolemaic period used in temple rituals to aid the sun god Re (Ra) in his nightly battle against chaos.