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Object Description
Collection
Otis Library's Artists' Books
Author(s)
Hastings, Pattie Belle
Title
Elegy
: an
intuitive
chronicle
of
war
Date
c1992
Press(es)
Ice House Press
Physical Description
8 envelopes: ill.; 12 x 15 cm.
Subject(s)
Hastings, Pattie Belle
Michel, Karl
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
War in art
Description
Each
numbered
and
titled
envelope
contains
a
folded
letter
.
Issued
in
paper
wrapper
.
Title
from
paper
wrapper
.
"This
work
is
composed
of a
series
of
nine
letters
in
envelopes
enclosed
in a
paper
band
case
, from a
young
U.S
.
soldier
writing
home
from
Vietnam
.
Written
under
the
duress
of
combat
, the
letters
chronicle
a
psychological
unraveling
, as the
soldier
increasingly
questions
his
actions
, and the
motives
and
effects
of the
war."--www.printedmatter.org
Offset
printing
.
Table of Contents
1
.
Sweep
--
2
.
Spy
--
3
.
Chache
--
4
.
Hope
--
5
.
Surprise
--
6
.
Wrong
--
7
.
Purge
--
8
.
Return
.
Book Type(s)
Artists' books
Letters
Process/Technique
Offset printing
Description
Collection
Otis Library's Artists' Books
Author(s)
Hastings, Pattie Belle
Title
Elegy
: an
intuitive
chronicle
of
war
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Image Description
Book
is
comprised
of
eight
letters
in
separate
envelopes
enclosed
in a
paper
band
.
Images
of
men
in
military
uniforms
and a
medieval
knight
on
horseback
printed
on
paper
band
.
ImageID
artb43575A
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Elegy: an intuitive chronicle of war
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