Jean Pagliuso
Fragile Remains

Fragile Remains
Fragile Remains
Fragile Remains
ArtistAmerican, born 1941
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Fragile Remains
Date2004
Medium23 inkjet prints in hand-bound book
DimensionsPortfolio case: 19 5/8 × 13 1/2 × 1/2 in. (49.8 × 34.3 × 1.3 cm)
Sheet (each): 19 × 13 in. (48.3 × 33 cm)
Credit LineGift of Joan Morgenstern in memory of Elizabeth Daily Cullen
Object number2013.573
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceJoan Morgenstern, Houston; given to MFAH, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
lower right of title page in pencil: 14 of 50 j pagliuso
printed cover-below image of rocks and water: FRAGILE / { JEAN PAGLIUSO } / REMAINS

printed title page: {FRAGILE REMAINS} with edition and signature in pencil

printed introduction by Susanne Moore

two printed divisionary pages on colored paper: ROCKSCAPES[brown] / CAVES / PUEBLOS / TEMPLES / CITADELS, WATERSCAPES[green] / MOATS / TANKS / HOLY WATERS / DEAD SEAS
ROCKSCAPES includes four printed sheets of descriptive terms interspersed between the images. WATERSCAPES has two. See accession file for photocopies.

each image/sheet printed lower center: {fig.1} through {fig.23}

final printed sheet: Index of Images[includes description and location of image]

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