Sanctuary
Artist
Michael Torosian
(Canadian, born 1954)
Date1970s
MediumMockup of a book of 41 gelatin silver prints
DimensionsBook: 14 × 11 × 1 1/8 inches (35.56 × 27.94 × 2.86 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2015.15.32.1-41
Signednone
InscribedOn cover recto, top, in pencil: "exactly 64 pgs. / 45 prints with title pg. print";
On cover recto, lower right corner, in pencil: "I";
On title page recto, top, in pencil: "SANCTUARY";
On title page recto, lower right corner, in pencil: "III";
On last page, top, in pencil: "Everything I am telling you, I saw; / and though I might have been deceived / while seeing it, rest assured that I am / not deceiving you as I tell it. / Stendhal"
Markingsnone
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DescriptionMockup of book "Sanctuary" which includes 41 original, mounted gelatin silver prints. Blank pages: IV, 13, 14, 24, 32, 41, 42, 44, 48, back cover.Copyright© Michael Torosian
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Dunmore & Critcherson
1869
2005.37.49.B
