wallpaper roller, carved

Brion Gysin

1916–1986

wallpaper roller, carved, date unknown

Where object was made: United States

Material/technique: plastic; rubber; metal

Dimensions:
Object Length/Width/Depth (Length x Width x Depth): 26 x 20 x 4.8 cm
Object Length/Width/Depth (Length x Width x Depth): 7 7/8 x 10 1/4 x 1 7/8 in

Credit line: Loaned by the Estate of William S. Burroughs

Accession number: L2004.002

Not on display

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Label texts

Exhibition Label:
"Brion Gysin: A Selection of Books and Works on Paper," Feb-2005, Steve Goddard and Joanna Sternberg
This wallpaper roller, and others like it, was carved by Gysin so that it could be inked and used to roll out an endlessly repeating grid pattern. Gysin and Burroughs used these printed grids for The Third Mind and other projects. Burroughs continued to use Gysin’s rollers in his own works after Gysin’s death.