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World In A Box by Mark Dion

Graphicstudio

Cyanotype

2015

Edition Size: 20

Sheet Size: 13 1/8 x 10 3/16 x 1 5/8 inches

Signed

Condition: Pristine

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Suite of 27 prints (lithography, cyanotype, digital, screenprint, etching, letterpress and woodcut) in a custom-made oak wood storage box with etching and letterpress cover image (on lid) and lithography inventory list (inside lid).

A staple of Dion’s work has been his use of Renaissance collections known as wunderkammern, curiosity cabinets containing encyclopedic collections of exotic items. World in a Box is a suite of 27 charts, graphs, diagrams and lists, a wunderkammer in a box. It makes use of many different printmaking techniques, including lithography, etching, digital printing, cyanotype, woodcut, letterpress, screenprint and direct gravure. The prints making up World in a Box are contained in a handcrafted wooden box including a colophon that gives the name of each print, and which is signed by Dion.

$12,000.00

The Artist

Mark Dion

Mark Dion’s printmaking practice forms an essential thread through his broader inquiry into natural history, institutional knowledge, and the human compulsion to classify the world. Though perhaps overshadowed by his large-scale installations — the elaborate Wunderkammern, reconstructed specimen cabinets, and theatrical archaeological digs — his works on paper reveal the conceptual foundations of his art with particular clarity.

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