Collection Highlights
The Dead at Gettysburg
Date:
ca. 1863
Object Number:
PR.164.4.38.GettysburgDead
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Manhattan in a Book
Object Number:
2001.158
Date:
2000
Medium:
Watercolor, brown ink, and gouache on heavy watercolor paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 7/16 x 10 5/16 in. (18.9 x 26.2 cm)
Marks:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in brown ink: "Mpericoli 00"; verso inscribed at upper left in graphite: "MATTEO PERICOLI / JULY 2000 / 'MANHATTAN IN A BOOK'"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in brown ink: "Mpericoli 00"; verso inscribed at upper left in graphite: "MATTEO PERICOLI / JULY 2000 / 'MANHATTAN IN A BOOK'"
Description:
The sheet illustrates the artist's conceptual process and the transition from the "real" cityscape of Manhattan to the "drawn," in which the cityscape transforms itself into a book.
Gallery Label:
Commissioned by Maria B. Campbell Associates Inc., an international literary agency based in New York, this work serves as the signature design of the company's Website.
Credit Line:
Gift of Matteo Pericoli
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
