I Pledge

This is a first in a series of editioned, globe bookworks from the artist’s Waterworks of Art. Seek the true meaning of the text from the Pledge of Allegiance. The nature of the globe causes the viewer to concentrate on both the significance of the individual words or phrases and the visual beauty of the bending, twisting letter forms in space. The words become floating, playful, original ideas whose interpretation, like a Pandora’s Box, has the power to change lives.

Out of print.

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Holdings

University of Delaware, Yale University, Virginia Commonwealth University, Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, Amherst College, Victoria and Albert Museum (London), Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Mills College, Newark Public Library, University of Arizona (Tucson), Vassar College Library, Getty Research Institute for History of Art & Humanities, The Print Center, Indiana University, Library of Congress, Savannah College of Art and Design

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Metadata

Title:

I Pledge

Other titles:

William Harroff's waterworks of art, Waterworks of art

Date of publication:

1994

Place of publication:

Rosendale, NY

Publisher:

Women's Studio Workshop

Subjects:

Bellamy, Francis. Pledge of allegiance to the flag

Dimensions:

10 x 8 x 8 cm.

Number in edition:

100

Paging:

1 book object

Printing method:

Electrographic print, rubber stamp, gocco print

Structure:

Book Object

Funding source:

New York State Council on the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, Women's Studio Workshop

Signature:

Signed by the artist

Other notes:

Includes one coaster and instruction sheet