Debra Weier, Jerome Rothenberg, and others

A Merz Sonata

1984

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A Merz Sonata

1984

Physical Qualities Bound volume with letterpress text, two etchings, four type-high line plates, with rubber stamps and collage elements, Book: 293 x 212 x 16 mm. (11 9/16 x 8 3/8 x 5/8 in.)

Credit Line Ryda Hecht Levi Collection of Illustrated Books, Gift under the Will of Ryda H. Levi

Object Number 2009.248

Krystyna Wasserman, director of the Library and Research Center at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, wrote “The Merz Sonata by Debra Weier is a tribute to Dada master Kurt Schwitters, who elevated collage to a true art form. Weier incorporates glued bits of paper, ticket stubs, and pop-ups into her visual interpretation of Jerome Rothenberg’s poem.”

The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2009; Ryda H. Levi, Baltimore

Inscribed: on end paper: "Jermone Rothenberg / Debra Weier"