COLLECTION NAME:
Artists' Books Collection
Record
Filename:
errantry.jpg
Identifier:
Errantry
Artist:
Pfeiffer, Werner
Author:
Tolkien, J.R.R.
Other contributors:
Scaruffi, Piero
Title:
Errantry
Publisher:
Pear Whistle Press
Edition:
32 of 52
Year:
2008
Creation Decade:
2000-2009
Creation Century:
21st
Dimensions:
29 x 830 cm.
Description:
A printed scroll inspired by a series of woodcuts known as Triumphzug Kaiser Maximilians I. After a four column introduction, the bulk of the scroll contains a series of pictures joined by the text of a poem (based on J.R.R. Tolkien's poem Errantry), while along the bottom is a time line of the wars of the 20th century, enumerating their casualties. Scroll is attached to a handled dowel at one end, enclosed in a stiff cylindrical hinged encasing, inserted into a brass shell casing, then placed in a custom wooden box. Digitally printed in red and black on canvas.
Call number:
N7433.4.P504 E77 2008
