String Figures
The Collections of Harry Smith : Catalogue Raisonné, Volume II
ed. by John Klacsmann and Andrew Lampert ; with a conversation between John Cohen and Terry Winters

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Author(s)

John Cohen, Terry Winters

Editor(s)

John Klacsmann, Andrew Lampert

Publication

New York : J & L Books and Anthology Film Archives, 2015

Scope

164 Pages, illustrated, 23 cm.

ISBN

9780989531160

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Volume two of The Collections of Harry Smith focuses on Smith's erudite study of string figures, an age-old form of spiritual and recreational play that he passionately chronicled in multiple mediums. This immersive volume contains photographs of the extant mounted string figures created by Smith alongside interviews, film stills and selections from his unpublished anthropological research. Filmmaker, painter, anthropologist, musicologist and occultist--Harry Smith (1923-1991) was an incomparable polymath and seminal figure in the realms of beat culture and avant-garde art.

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Person as subject

Harry Smith, John Cohen, Terry Winters

Keywords

film , video , play , spirituality - dreams , collections

Location

Cabinet 11 - 3: Archieven en collecties

Remarks

Incl. Biography.