ID: 700001693 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001693	Record Type: Movable Work

White modernism (print (visual work); Josiah McElheny (American glassblower and conceptual artist,...; Published: 2008; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2870-848; 870848; accession number: 2010.PR.35*)

Note: "The urge to decorate one's face and anything else within reach is the origin of the fine arts ... Ornament and Crime / Adolf Loos, 1908"--plate of text; Ten plates with silhouettes of period glassware; Verso of each sheet is signed and numbered in pencil; Contents:

Titles:

White modernism (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,,)

White modernism; [graphic] / Josiah McElheny. (C,U,undetermined,,)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

print (visual work) [300041273] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

prints (preferred)

Creation Date: Published: 2008

Creator Display:

Josiah McElheny (American glassblower and conceptual artist, born 1966); Jacob Samuel (American printmaker and publisher, born 1951) [preferred,GRISC]

artist McElheny, Josiah (American glassblower and conceptual artist, born 1966) [500114653]

publishers Samuel, Jacob (American printmaker and publisher, born 1951) [500353917]

Locations:

Current: Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500353615] Getty Research Institute, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 2870-848; 870848; accession number: 2010.PR.35*

Credit Line: copyright J. Paul Getty Trust, Getty Research Institute, Special Collections

Address Note: 1200 Getty Center Dr., Suite 1100, Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688

Other: Publication: Santa Monica [7003736] (Geographic)

Display Materials: 1 portfolio (t.p., 1 pl. of text, 10 pl., 1 contents pl., 1 colophon): white ink on Somerset Satin and Surface Gampi papers

	portfolios (containers) [300198929]
	.......(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by function or context>, document containers)

	ink [300015012]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

satin papers [300204590]

.......(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Furnishings (hierarchy name), furnishings (works), <furnishings by form or function>, coverings and hangings, <coverings and hangings by specific type>, <coverings and hangings by location or context>, <coverings and hangings for surface elements>, wall coverings, <wall coverings by form>, wallpapers, <wallpapers by surface treatment>)

	gampi (paper) [300375507]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, paper (fiber product), <paper by composition or origin>)

Dimensions: 48.9 x 38.7 x 3.2 cm (sheets: 44.5 x 35.6 cm)

General Subject:

utilitarian objects (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	glassware [300010898]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>) (AAT)

Provenance: samuel; Purchase.

Inscriptions: White modernism Josiah McElheny. "The urge to decorate one's face and anything else within reach is the origin of the fine arts ... Ornament and Crime / Adolf Loos, 1908"--plate of text;

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
White modernism	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 870848
White modernism; [graphic] / Josiah McElheny.	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

Subject: ....... [GRISC,VP]

....................... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

Note:
English	..... [GRISC]
	..... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)