Table of Contents, from the portfolio Dreamers
Marsha Burns, Table of Contents, from the portfolio Dreamers, 1978-1980, letterpress on paper, Museum Purchase: Contemporary Art Fund, © Marsha Burns 1978-1980, 2012.22.1n
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- Title
Table of Contents, from the portfolio Dreamers
- Related Titles
portfolio (original language): Dreamers
- Artist
- Date
1978-1980
- Medium
letterpress on paper
- Edition
41/60
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
sheet: 17 in x 14 in (folded); sheet: 17 in x 28 in (open)
- Collection Area
Photography; Northwest Art
- Category
Books, Portfolios, and Manuscripts
Photographs
- Object Type
photograph
- Culture
American
- Credit Line
Museum Purchase: Contemporary Art Fund
- Accession Number
2012.22.1n
- Copyright
© Marsha Burns 1978-1980
- Terms
Seattle-based painter Burns originally used photography to create sequential imagery during the 1970s. The camera became her primary tool, and the human form her main subject. The Dreamers photographs consist of enigmatic figures posed in unusual settings. Although likely influenced by earlier sequences, Burns treated each Dreamers image as a unique work, explaining, "Each subject was approached as one formal element among a complement of others—glass, mirrors, changing light."