The missing piece
Artist's Book
1984 (published)
1984 (published)
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This spiral bound artist's book comprises a sequence of six laminated semi-translucent leaves each bearing the same image of two diagonal lines drawn across the page. The pages are divided into six sections but each page has a different 'missing piece'. Paging through the book takes on the aspect of a game or puzzle as the 'missing' element apparently moves around the page. The book's structure and sequence is also foregrounded as the missing piece from each page is effectively 'replaced' by the same element of the identical image on the page below.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | The missing piece (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Drawings on cut and laminated pages, spiral bound |
| Brief description | Artist's book, 'The missing piece', by Ulises Carrión, The Netherlands, 1984 |
| Physical description | Artist's book comprising a sequence of semi-translucent laminated leaves each bearing two diagonal lines. Each leaf is laminated in six sections and all but the last have one of the sections missing. Spiral bound. 6 leaves. |
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| Summary | This spiral bound artist's book comprises a sequence of six laminated semi-translucent leaves each bearing the same image of two diagonal lines drawn across the page. The pages are divided into six sections but each page has a different 'missing piece'. Paging through the book takes on the aspect of a game or puzzle as the 'missing' element apparently moves around the page. The book's structure and sequence is also foregrounded as the missing piece from each page is effectively 'replaced' by the same element of the identical image on the page below. |
| Other number | X891067 - NAL Pressmark |
| Collection | |
| Library number | 38041800070237 |
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| Record created | February 13, 2014 |
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