Suzanne McClelland

(Bird's Nest Paper)

1999

A square panel of dark brown fibrous soil with small roots and plant debris across its surface.
A square panel of dark brown fibrous soil with small roots and plant debris across its surface.

Recto

Not on view

Date
1999

Classification
Prints

Medium
Mud and natural fibers

Dimensions
Sheet: 11 1/2 × 15 × 1/8 in. (29.2 × 38.1 × 0.3 cm)

Accession number
2006.81.1

Edition
8/18 | 1 AP, 1 PP, 1 PC

Publication
Published by Sean Elwood Editions

Credit line
Gift of Yvonne Puffer and Sean Elwood in honor of Erin and Caitlin Elwood

Rights and reproductions
© Suzanne McClelland

API
artworks/37607

Part of a series:
Plot
18 works

A square panel of dark brown fibrous soil with small roots and plant debris across its surface.
Pale pencil handwriting forms a dome-shaped cluster of overlapping cursive words on white paper.
A small handwritten note with dictionary-style definitions of plot centered on a large white sheet.
Small yellow square with circular scribbles and tally marks centered on a large white page.
A white canoe lies on grassy ground near bare trees and tall reeds.
A small white tent sits among bare trees and dry underbrush in a forest clearing.
A person briskly carries a small white statue through a grassy, wooded area.
Several people use shovels to dig and uncover a white object in soil.
A person in a white sleeve points toward a dense green forest clearing.
Two cloaked figures stand beneath a large white umbrella-like canopy against a pale textured background.

Suzanne McClelland
25 works in the collection, 4 exhibitions

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