Edwin SchlossbergAmerican, 1945Folio box, from Wordswordswords
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Not on view at present
Where is “Folio box, from Wordswordswords” now? Collection: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.
Chicago, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- Source
- The museum
About the work
Characterized as an author, painter, poet, philosopher, gamesman, scientist, inventor, and teacher, Edwin Schlossberg saw his life’s work as getting people to think for themselves. In Wordswordswords, he deliberately ignored some of the basic rules of printing in order to make reading a physical act. Wordswordswords is a virtual “what not to do” in printmaking: misalignment, misspelling, reversals, accidental masking, creased paper, blind embossing, and fragmented letters. Of this piece Schlossberg said, “I hope they see the words, and then I hope they see themselves.”
Art Institute of ChicagoCC BY 4.0
Details
- Accession number
- 1982.558a
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- Art Institute of Chicago
- Image: Art Institute of Chicago — © the artist or rights holder
