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[The poetic body: Poem dress of circulation] / Lesley Dill. – Historic Print

[The poetic body: Poem dress of circulation] / Lesley Dill., 1992 — antique lithograph
[The poetic body: Poem dress of circulation] / Lesley Dill., 1992. Antique lithograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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[The poetic body: Poem dress of circulation] / Lesley Dill.

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Lesley Dill's *The Poetic Body: Poem Dress of Circulation* takes the form of a dress, with the shape of a garment built from lithograph, letterpress, and collage on fragile Japanese silk tissue. The work is based on Emily Dickinson's poem No. 1440, so Dickinson's words become part of the clothing itself, tying the poem to the body that wears it. Dill, a New York artist, often uses text this way to treat language as something physical and personal. This impression is an artist's proof, one of the trial prints made before a numbered edition. It was later published in *Eyes of the Nation* (1997) and shown in the Library of Congress exhibition *American Treasures*.

Created / published1992
Medium1 print on Japanese silk tissue : lithograph, letterpress, and collage.
GenreCollages 1990-2000.Lithographs 1990-2000.
NotesBased on Emily Dickinson's poem, No. 1440. Courtsey of George Adams Gallery, New York. A.P. XIV. Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf, 1997. Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1993:130
SubjectsPoetry--1990-2000.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,136 × 1,451 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-218857

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