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Source URL (retrieved on 2021-11-09 15:47): http://plepuc.org/en/artwork/la-page-de-liridescent

À la page de l'iridescent

À la page de l'iridescent [1]

Location:
Bibliothèque Saint-Albert, 5 rue des Ormes, Québec, QC, Canada

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s): 
Lagueux, Jacinthe
Text author(s): 
Lagueux, Jacinthe
Installation year: 
1985
Remarks on location: 

The artwork is located in an area separated with glass walls from the children's section.

Description: 

Sculptural grouping consisting of a suspended element as well as other elements installed on two adjacent walls. The suspended element represents an open book, held by a metal rod at one end of its spine. Its pages are made of translucent plexiglas, tinged with pink. The elements located on the walls consist of rectangular forms held slightly away from the wall by plexiglas rods and installed in such a way as to make them overlap. A crumpled sheet of iridescent, pinkish plastic is glued to their surface.

Artwork theme: 
Literature

Dimensions:

Height: 
3.6m
Width: 
1.93m
Depth: 
0.91 m
Remarks: 
The book's dimensions is 77 x 63 x 42cm; Forms on the left side measure 141 x 50 x 18cm; and those on the right side measure 177 x 58 x 11cm.
Note(s): 

The artwork is not signed.

The plaque indicates: JACINTHE LAGUEUX / « À LA PAGE DE L'IRIDESCENT » / 1985

Owner(s): 
Ville de Québec; Bibliothèque Saint-Albert
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Links:
[1] http://plepuc.org/en/artwork/la-page-de-liridescent
[2] http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php
[3] http://plepuc.org/en/print/361
[4] http://plepuc.org/fr/oeuvre/la-page-de-liridescent