Sale 0011141 | Lot 123

Terry Berkowitz

Catalogue: 20th Century Art and Design
Terry Berkowitz

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Lot 123
Terry Berkowitz
PHOTOGRAPH PYRAMID
Inscribed SITE OF THE HISTORIC FIND AS SEEN FROM A DISTANCE OF THREE MILES. SOME OF THE PRICELESS RELICS FOUND WITHIN ARE THOUGHT TO BE RELIQUARIES. THERE ARE SIGNS THAT THIS WAS THE RESTING PLACE OF THE GREAT KING -- A TWO-PRONGED SNAKE-LIKE PROTRUSION, BELIEVED TO BE A RELIGIOUS SYMBOL, IS ATTACHED TO MANY OF THE OBJECTS. THIS SYMBOL "OR PLUG" AS IT WAS CALLED, BECAME THE FOCAL POINT FOR AN ANCIENT CULT. WORSHIP TOOK THE FORM OF MAGICAL RITES CELEBRATING THE INGESTION OF THE DAY DIETY BY THE NIGHT DIETY.
Photo collage on paper
22 1/2 x 29 1/2 inches

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20th Century Art and Design

Tue, Nov 14, 2000 at 10am EST
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