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Anachronism

Artist (Canadian, b. 1941)
Date1994
Place of ManufactureNorth America
MediumMaterial: wood; laminate; glass; fluorescent lights
DimensionsOverall (table dimensions; book (open): 67 x 48 cm): 90 x 83.5 x 123.5 cm
ClassificationsFINE ART
Credit LineGift of Lonti Ebers
Object number2011.022.001
DescriptionSculpture consists of a four legged table (grey plastic laminate) with a box in the top, covered with a sheet of glass, and containing an open book that is partially illuminated from below. The book is a fabricated reproduction of a heritage encyclopaedia open to the page headed 'Anachronism' (right side) and a full-page steel engraving captioned 'Anaconda' (left side), with part of the image back-lit; icludes 2 internal fluorescent lights at each end of the case.
Status
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