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Obscured Manuscript (1980)

David Leverett

amber resin and paper

Victoria & Albert Museum, Prints, Drawings and Paintings Collection, London

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Classification:

Sculpture, Manuscript

Materials:

Amber resin, Japanese tissue paper

Physical Object Description:

Resin and paper work using a number of individual sheets of Japanese tissue paper, laminated into resin, entitled 'Obscured Manuscript'. Inscribed with a line of script.

Technique:

Laminated

Dimensions:

81.2 x 87 cm

Accession Number:

P.4-1983

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1982

Scheme:

Historic Purchase by Purchaser (1914-2008)

Ownership history:

Purchased from Monika Kinley, London by Bryan Montgomery (1929-2008) for the Contemporary Art Society, 1980; presented to the Victoria & Albert Museum, Prints, Drawings and Paintings Collection, 1982

Relationship:

Hugh 'Bryan' Greville Montgomery Monika Kinley Monika Kinley, London Victoria & Albert Museum, Prints, Drawings and Paintings Collection, London

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