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A book wrapped in cut pages forming distorted text, held between a textured wooden slab and a g…
Original First Slice
A book wrapped in cut pages forming distorted text, held between a textured wooden slab and a glass panel by metal fasteners above and below.

Original First Slice

Artist Christa Manz-Dewald (born 1948)
Date1997 - 1998
Mediumbook with wood, glass, metal, and plastic
ClassificationsMixed-media object
DimensionsObject Size HxWxD: 11 3/8 × 9 × 3 3/8 in.
Credit LineGift of Margareta Löhr in memory of her beloved son Helmut
Object number2012.1.57
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