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Artist: Georgia Boyd Russell, Scottish, born 1974
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.