Nest of Oracles
Artist:
Lenore Tawney
(American, 1907 - 2007)
Date: 1967
Medium: Rope, parchment, antique writings
Classification: Visual Works
Credit Line: Gift of Elsa and Julian Waller
Object number: 2020.16.2
DescriptionCollage of parchment and printed paper adhered to a rectangular vertical support. Collage composed of three parts: a rectangle panel covered in cut paper fragments from printed books; a round parchment paper with artist's handwriting on right side up and up side down; a round nest-like form composed of cut, curled, and glued printed paper. There are two pieces of rope glued to the collage. One partially unraveled piece of rope is near the top edge of the collage, adhered horizontally. The other piece of rope is unraveled at both ends, and glued beneath the nest-like form so that the unraveled pieces hang down.
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