Robert Creeley, Cletus Johnson

First Loop #5
1991

Framed artwork featuring a collage of various objects including a comb, a pair of scissors, a round medallion with an embossed face, a piece of paper with a circular cutout, and a wooden sphere. Text curves around the composition, creating a circular pattern with phrases that seem to relate to time and space. The artist's signature and the year 1994 are visible at the bottom.

Framed artwork featuring a collage of various objects including a comb, a pair of scissors, a round medallion with an embossed face, a piece of paper with a circular cutout, and a wooden sphere. Text curves around the composition, creating a circular pattern with phrases that seem to relate to time and space. The artist's signature and the year 1994 are visible at the bottom.

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Date
1991

Classification
Sculpture

Medium
Paper collage and found objects, mounted on paper

Dimensions
Overall (Sight): 35 × 28 9/16 × 2in. (88.9 × 72.5 × 5.1 cm) Mount (Sight): 39 3/8 × 31 3/8in. (100 × 79.7 cm)

Accession number
2024.162

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift from the Emily Fisher Landau Collection

Rights and reproductions
Image: © Cletus Johnson 1991 All Rights Reserved
Text: © Robert Creeley 1991 All Rights Reserved

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Robert Creeley
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Cletus Johnson
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