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Semina Two (from "Semina")
Artist
Wallace Berman
(American, 1926 - 1976)
Copy Right Holder
The Estate of the Artist
Date1955-64; reprinted 1988-1992
DimensionsOverall: 8 9/16 x 5 13/16 in. (21.7 x 14.7 cm)
Classification(s)
- PHOTO
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Terms
- female portrait
- poems
- book
Object number92.23.F
Description14 pagesEdition214/300
Inscribedon p. 12, verso l.l. in ball point pen: Jaltoon; verso typed on sticker: During the second week of a scheduled/ month exhibit of my paintings and/ sculpture, members of the vice squad/ entered the Ferus art gallery and con-/ fiscated a copy of 'Semina 1' which/ was exhibited as an important part of/ a work entitled 'Temple'. Brought be-/ fore the righteous judge Kenneth Hol-/ iday, who, taking the allegorical/ drawing in question out of context,/ declared me guilty of displaying lewd/ and pornographic matter./ I will continue to print 'Semina'/ from locations other than this city/ of degenerate angels./ Wallace Berman/ Los Angeles/ Dec. 1957On View
Not on viewExhibitions