Accession number
PML 199112
Creator
Minsky, Richard, creator, binder.
Published
New York : Richard Minsky, issued February 19, 2001
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Karen B. Cohen in honor of the Morgan's Centennial, 2024.
Notes
Amendment I states "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."
Part of Richard Minsky's The Bill of Rights limited edition set, a collection of 10 bookworks and a broadside that exemplify and comment on the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
The Morgan Library & Museum's copy is no. VI--one of 9 copies projected to be issued by the artist. .
Part of Richard Minsky's The Bill of Rights limited edition set, a collection of 10 bookworks and a broadside that exemplify and comment on the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
The Morgan Library & Museum's copy is no. VI--one of 9 copies projected to be issued by the artist. .
Description
1 bookwork (1 burned book encased in a reliquary) ; 32 x 24 x 27 cm
Provenance
Purchased as the gift of Karen B. Cohen in honor of the Morgan's Centennial in 2024.
Summary
A book-shaped reliquary, ornamented in an arabesque style. Inside is a charred copy of Salman Rushdie's Satanic verses. Reliquary containing the burned book is ink-jet on paper laminated to binder's board, with polyurethane and UV filter coatings, stained glass, 23K gold leaf, felt covered wood base with 23K gold stamped text of the First Amendment.
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