"The key is locked in the way..."

Inscriptions

Inscribed, in ink, in image center: THE KEY IS LOCKED IN THE WAY / THE WAY IS NOT IN THE LOCK / BUT IN THE PATH; inscribed, in ink, below image center: PATH LEAD ON TO WHERE / THE OTHER SIDE CALLS I / ANSWER WHAT IS THERE? / WHAT UNKNOWN ENERGY / MOVES THE WRITING FINGER / FROM WHAT UNFOUND / BANK O' MY HEART / I HEAR YOU CALLING; numbered, in ink, lower left: 4

Exhibition History

Energized Artscience, The Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Illinois, May 3-June 4, 1978; Art/Science, University Art Gallery, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, September 17-October 16, 1978, no. 11.

Publication History

Sonia Landy Sheridan, Energized Artscience, Saint Paul: A Generative Systems Publication, 1978, p. 28.

Provenance

The artist, Hanover, New Hampshire; given to present collection, 2004.

Catalogue Raisonne

Sonia Landy Sheridan - Diane Kirkpatrick Hood Inventory List #393: "The Electric Garden" book 2 (cover and 9 pages) ink 4/24/74

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