Book F (portfolio of 22 hand-cut sheets)
Dieter Roth (Rot), German, 1930 - 1998
1958/1965
Book with hand-cut black and white construction paper
Overall: 16 3/4 × 16 7/8 in. (42.5 × 42.9 cm)
Overall: 16 11/16 × 16 13/16 in. (42.4 × 42.7 cm)
Sheet: 16 × 16 1/16 in. (40.6 × 40.8 cm)
Sheet: 16 × 16 in. (40.6 × 40.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Hugh and Mary Townley
MIS.991.57.5
Geography
Place Made: Germany, Europe
Period
20th century
Object Name
Written Communication: Book
Research Area
Mixed Media
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, in ink, on cover sheet, lower right: DITER ROT [underlined]; signed and inscribed, in graphite, beneath ink signature: DITER ROT / BOOK F No: 12/25 [edition # in ink] / 1958 / HANDCUT 1965 / [thumb print]
Provenance
Mary and Hugh Townley, Bristol, Rhode Island; given to present collection, 1991.
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