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Title:
'Crumbling is not an instant's act'
Object name(s):
ink and watercolour
Brief description:
'Crumbling is not an instant's act' is a poem by Emily Dickinson. 'Emily Dickinson here makes the claim that failure is never instantaneous. Whether we see it or not, there are always signs of our own decay and our impending failures'. [from: http://poetry-fromthehart.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/crumbling-is-not-instants-act-emily.html]
Collection:
Mercer Art Gallery
Content - description:
'Crumbling is not an instant's act' is a poem by Emily Dickinson. 'Emily Dickinson here makes the claim that failure is never instantaneous. Whether we see it or not, there are always signs of our own decay and our impending failures'. [from: http://poetry-fromthehart.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/crumbling-is-not-instants-act-emily.html]
Credit line:
This collection is part of North Yorkshire Council Museums.
Dimension:
height x width
Dimension measured part:
image
Dimension value:
72 x 52 cm [sight]
Dimension:
height x width
Dimension measured part:
sheet
Dimension value:
72 x 52 cm [sight]
Dimension:
height x width
Dimension measured part:
frame
Dimension value:
84 x 63.3 cm
Inscription content:
Donation to the Mercer Art Gallery / Victoria Brookland / 'crumbling is not an Instant's Act' / Ink and watercolour on paper / 2013
Inscription method:
printed label
Inscription position:
upper centre, verso
Number of objects:
1
Object component name:
material
Object component name:
support
Object name:
ink and watercolour
Object number:
HARAG : 2533
Object production person:
Brookland, Victoria
Person's gender:
female
Use begin date:
2015
Use title:
In Graphic Detail: Prints and Drawings from the Harrogate Collection

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/d25fa3e4-b6f7-3a51-b4ff-a9e727961301

Use licence for this record: CC BY

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/d25fa3e4-b6f7-3a51-b4ff-a9e727961301, Mercer Art Gallery, CC BY

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