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Preview image of work. print on paper and wood rolling pin, Weathering 27117

2013.9

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Weathering

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Artist

Martha Finney (Martha Becker Finney) (Portland, ME, 8/2/1959 - )

Title

Weathering

Creation Date

2012

Century

early 21st century

Dimensions

4 1/4 x 26 5/8 in. (10.8 x 67.63 cm)

Object Type

print

Creation Place

North America, United States

Medium and Support

print on paper and wood rolling pin

Credit Line

Museum Purchase, Helen Johnson Chase Fund

Copyright

This artwork may be under copyright. For further information, please consult the Museum’s Copyright Terms and Conditions.

Accession Number

2013.9

Object Description

Per the artist as noted on her 9/23/2013 invoice:
Weathering is a transposition cipher based on the Greek use of the scytale.

The piece consists of a print and a wooden rolling pin. The print is rolled up and concealed in the rolling pin.

Encrypted/unfurled the print reads as a somewhat labored poem containing such weathered presentiments as anagrams of weathering allowed (eg., Wrath Genie, Water Hinge and Ere Thawing). Wrapped properly snug around the rolling
pin you can read the word weathering over and over. Seen through the layers of the paper, weathering seems to fade in and out.

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