Artwork by Petra Vogt - Large Handmade Portfolio, 1972/1973
- Containers:
- Flat_Box 8, Oversize_Folder(Within_an_OSBox) 1
- Extent:
- 1 folder(s)
- Scope and content:
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The large handmade portfolio contains individual journal entries, artwork, poems, and collages (Series 2.1 in dealer description).
The large folder of handmade paper contains circa 110 leaves and consists mostly of writings, with collage and artwork at times. The leaves are made of various types of paper and the portfolio contains collage work (including material likely related to a handmade photography book, with purple tissue paper), poetry, and journal entries. They are arranged mostly by date, without a year, excepting a grouping of September-October 1972 entries.
The portfolio (10 ¾ x 14) contains this poem:
This grand show is eternal It is always sunrise somewhere The dew is never all dried at once A shower is forever falling Vapor is ever rising Eternal sunrise eternal sunset Eternal dawn and gloaming On sea and contents and islands Each in its turn As the round earth rolls.
Also present is a handwritten copy of Gerald Manley Hopkins' poem "Spelt from Sybil's Leaves." Other poems include "Skull Music" inscribed to Petra, dated January 2, 1973, and other untitled and undated poems.
Access and use
- Location of collection:
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Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections LibraryUniversity of VirginiaP.O. Box 400110170 McCormick RdCharlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
- Contact for questions and access:
- POC: Special Collections Public Services & Reference StaffEmail: scpubserv@virginia.eduPhone: (434) 243-1776Fax: (434) 924-4968
- Parent restrictions:
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Most of the collection is open for research. The single exception is a bank book for an account owned by Petra Vogt.
The bank book belonging to Petra Vogt, 1977-1978, has been removed and restricted until her death. It has been placed in the control folder for this collection in a sealed envelope. The bank book is from the Bayerische Hypotheken- und Wechsel-Bank (short form: Hypo-Bank).