Irving Petlin
Little Box of Earthquake and Cotton

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Little Box of Earthquake and Cotton
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ArtistAmerican, born 1934
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Little Box of Earthquake and Cotton
  • from S.M.S. No.1
DateFebruary 1968
Published inUnited States
MediumPrinted polychrome paper portfolio
Credit LineGift of Susan Lorence
Object number2005.1836.1.L
Non exposé

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printed bottom inside flaps: left: S.M.S. / FEBRUARY 1968 / No.1; right: PUBLISHED BY / THE / LETTER / EDGED / IN / BLACK / PRESS / INCORPORATED

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February 1968
Printed lettering and text on folded paper sheet
2005.1836.1.F
Christo
February 1968
Mylar and paper construction.
2005.1836.1.J
Julien Levy
February 1968
pad of prnted forms, handwritten prescriptions, five colored capsules
2005.1836.1.K.1-.6
Su Braden
February 1968
Pen and ink on vellum
2005.1836.1.I
Richard Hamilton
February 1968
Photographic construction
2005.1836.1.H
Nancy Reitkopf
February 1968
Printed luggage labels.
2005.1836.1.E.1-.6
Sol Mednick
February 1968
Photogravure
2005.1836.1.D
Walter De Maria
February 1968
Documentation of proposal to install a telephone booth at the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art for visitors to answer random calls from the artist.
2005.1836.1.B
La Monte Young
February 1968
Young's statements(on the relationship of tuning to time) hand written in silver on folded construction paper with calligraphic border by Zazeela.
2005.1836.1.C
James Lee Byars
February 1968
Model of "Friendship Dress", meant to accommodate four people. Black tissue in envelope with photographic portraits.
2005.1836.1.A
S.M.S. No. 1
James Lee Byars
February 1968
Mixed media
2005.1836.1.A-.L