Anicca: Manifestation of Impermanence
Photograph
1999
1999
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"This photograph documents only one of many ephemeral states. As the ball moves in the sand, it creates a design. Once it's completed the ball will start another drawing, erasing the previous one as it goes. Hence the Impermanence..." ~ Jean-Pierre Hébert
Object details
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| Title | Anicca: Manifestation of Impermanence (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | photograph |
| Brief description | Anicca: Manifestation of Impermanence, 1999. Photograph of a sand drawing by Jean-Pierre Hébert |
| Physical description | Black and white photograph of a drawing in the sand made by Hébert's installation 'Ulysses' (1999-2018). The drawing is made of a single line on a sand table with a reversed plotter. |
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| Credit line | Given anonymously |
| Summary | "This photograph documents only one of many ephemeral states. As the ball moves in the sand, it creates a design. Once it's completed the ball will start another drawing, erasing the previous one as it goes. Hence the Impermanence..." ~ Jean-Pierre Hébert |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.632-2019 |
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| Record created | April 3, 2019 |
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