Buzz Spector, American, b. 1948 Mallarme, 1987–88
Wooden curio cabinet, gold leaf on glass, and book and shell
Cabinet a: 56 × 26 × 14 ½ in. (142.2 × 66 × 36.8 cm); book b: 1 ¾ × 6 ¾ × 9 ½ in. (4.4 × 17.1 × 24.1 cm); shell c: 5 × 8 × 8 in. (12.7 × 20.3 × 20.3 cm) overall installed: 56 × 26 × 14 ½ in. (142.2 × 66 × 36.8 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Restricted gift of LaSalle Bank, 1997.72.a-c
Short A photograph of a wooden cabinet with a glass door, a sea fossil and a blue leather bound book are placed inside. On the glass the phrases "Solitude, recif, etoile," "A n'importe ce qui valut," "Le blanc souci de notre toile" are painted in cursive gold text.
Short A vertical white surface has eight rectangular depressions. Beneath this surface are eight red books in the same shape as the unique rectangles, as if they fell from their depressions.
Short In the middle of a square piece of white paper is a solid black square framed by rectangular panes with pictures of various pink and red flowers.
Short The pages of an open hardcover book are divided into thirteen thin columns each. On the left side, each column is filled with seashells. On the right, the columns are stacked with stones.
