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National Museum of Women in the Arts

Books without Words: The Visual Poetry of Elisabetta Gut

A brown, tropical fruit with a large segment of skin removed to reveal small, round pages of sheet music inside instead of fruit flesh. The book rests on a square woodblock with “libra—seme” printed in the bottom-right corner.
Sep 10, 2010, to Jan 16, 2011

Exhibition Note

Information about this exhibition is limited.

Featured Artists

Elisabetta Gut

Endowed with an aura of originality and poetic whimsy, Elisabetta Gut’s book objects must be seen rather than read.
Wearing a black turtleneck sweater, a light skinned woman leans on her jacked with her chin resting on her arm. She has straight, dark hair that is pulled back by a headband, and stares directly at the viewer.