Opal Gospel: 9 American Indian Poems
Artist/Maker
Robert Rauschenberg
United States, 1925-2008
Date1971
CultureAmerican
Medium10 screen prints on acrylic in aluminium and acrylic box
DimensionsOverall: 21 5/8 x 22 5/8 x 6 3/4 in. (54.9 x 57.5 x 17.1 cm)
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Lukin
Terms
Object number86.0031
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DescriptionOpal Gospel is an unbound, illuminated, limited edition book. Ten movable sheets of Plexiglas are screened with a like number of images and Native American poems from Nootka, Chippewa, Navajo, Iglulik, Pawnee, and Apache tribes.- Art of North America
