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Shifted From The Side
Lawrence Weiner
1972, 1 min, b&w, sound
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Titles by Lawrence Weiner
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A Bit Of Matter And A Little Bit More
A First Quarter
A Second Quarter
Altered To Suit
Beached
Blue Moon Over
Broken Off
Deep Blue Sky
Do You Believe in Water?
Done To
For Example Decorated
Green as Well as Blue as Well as Red
Hearts and Helicopters - A Trilogy
Inherent in the Rhumb Line
Light Blue Sky
Need To Know
Passage To The North
Plowmans Lunch
Shifted From The Side
Sink Or Swim
To And Fro. Fro And To. And To And Fro. And Fro And To.
Turning Some Pages
Water In Milk Exists
Wild Blue Yonder
Description
Ordering & Fees
Documents
Titles by Lawrence Weiner
+
A Bit Of Matter And A Little Bit More
A First Quarter
A Second Quarter
Altered To Suit
Beached
Blue Moon Over
Broken Off
Deep Blue Sky
Do You Believe in Water?
Done To
For Example Decorated
Green as Well as Blue as Well as Red
Hearts and Helicopters - A Trilogy
Inherent in the Rhumb Line
Light Blue Sky
Need To Know
Passage To The North
Plowmans Lunch
Shifted From The Side
Sink Or Swim
To And Fro. Fro And To. And To And Fro. And Fro And To.
Turning Some Pages
Water In Milk Exists
Wild Blue Yonder
Shifted From The Side
Lawrence Weiner
1972, 1 min, b&w, sound
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SHORT SHORTS
Press Release
Press release for SHORT SHORTS EAI's summer screening in August 2010.
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