Cadmos' Thicket
Artist
Jo Baer
(American, born 1929)
Date1973
Mediumembossing with hand-coloring in oil pigments
Dimensions106 x 75.7 cm (41 3/4 x 29 13/16 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineNational Endowment for the Arts Museum Purchase Plan
Object number1977.41
Label TextCadmos, the founder of Thebes in ancient mythology, is credited with bringing the Phoenician alphabet to Greece. It was he, the story goes, who discovered the secret of correct speech by combining consonants and vowels. By visually dissecting Cadmos's alphabet Baer causes us to rethink principles of speaking and writing that we take for granted.ProvenanceBrooke Alexander, Inc., New YorkOn View
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