Nest

2008

Found copy of The Royal English Dictionary with shredded and cut pages, hanging from transparent wire

35.5 × 33 × 14 cm (14 × 13 × 5 1/2 in.)

The Allan Chasanoff, B.A. 1961, Book Art Collection, curated with Doug Beube

2014.58.242

Status:

Not on view

Culture:

Scottish

Period:

20th century

Classification:

Sculpture

Provenance:

Purchased by Allan Chasanoff from the artist 1/14/2009

Bibliography:

Pamela Franks et al., Odd Volumes: Book Art from the Allan Chasanoff Collection (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2014), 184, C-204, ill.

“Acquisitions 2015,” http://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Pub_Bull_acquisitions_2015_updated%2012_16_15.pdf (accessed December 1, 2015).

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.