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Perfection, Way, Origin

Terry Winters American
Author Jean Starobinski Swiss
2001
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Perfection, Way, Origin
  • Artist: Terry Winters (American, born Brooklyn, New York, 1949)
  • Author: Jean Starobinski (Swiss, Geneva 1920–2019 Morges)
  • Date: 2001
  • Medium: Letter press printed text and 28 etchings on paper, bound; offset lithograph printed text on paper, bound; paper portfolio; and aluminum box
  • Edition: 6/38 + 9 artist's proofs and 6 printer's proofs
  • Dimensions: Portfolio cover (a): 19 1/8 × 15 3/8 × 1/4 in. (48.6 × 39.1 × 0.6 cm)
    Bound book (b): 19 1/8 × 15 3/8 × 1 5/8 in. (48.6 × 39.1 × 4.1 cm)
    Bound French text (c): 19 1/8 × 15 1/4 × 1/8 in. (48.6 × 38.7 × 0.3 cm)
    Aluminum box (d): 20 1/4 × 16 1/4 × 3 1/8 in. (51.4 × 41.3 × 7.9 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Reba and Dave Williams Gift, 2002
  • Object Number: 2002.229a–d
  • Rights and Reproduction: © Terry Winters
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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