The Book of Life, 1990

Medium: Embossed leather bound book, pen, and glass bottle
Dimensions: 17 x 15 x 4 3/8 in. (43.18 x 38.1 x 11.11 cm)
Accession Number: 97.103
Credit: The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Gift of Lannan Foundation

Collection

Jim Shaw
Long Scroll Drawing2007
Jim Shaw
Untitled (Self-Portrait on the Road to Rochester)1999
Jim Shaw
Untitled (Vietnamese Shooting)1992
Jim Shaw
study for Horror A Vacui1991
Jim Shaw
study for Horror a Vacui1991
Jim Shaw
Surinam Toad Advent Calendar1990
Jim Shaw
Tower of Babel1990
Jim Shaw
Box (open view)1989
Jim Shaw
Cloud Chamber, Utopian Landscape 41988
Jim Shaw
Mound of Skulls, Utopian Landscape 51988
Jim Shaw
Plain of Jars, Utopian Landscape 21988
Jim Shaw
Valley of Kings, Utopian Landscape 11988
Jim Shaw
Untitled Face Drawing #261984
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Jim Shaw
Dream Object (I was looking through dream drawings to find fodder and in more than one found comic book covers of Hawkman in a sky of green snakes and a golden rip in the sky.)2004
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Jim Shaw
Oranges in the Classroom1997
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Jim Shaw
Fake Dream Drawing (Before my show opens, I am framing a group of my “fake” dream drawings and notice that on what are supposed to be pristine white border areas, melon seeds and orange, warping stains and ... (SEE NOTES SECTION FOR COMPLETE TITLE)1996
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Jim Shaw
Piñata1996
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Jim Shaw
A 50’s Noir Film...1994
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Jim Shaw
I Was Drawing Some Dream Drawings...1994
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Jim Shaw
Dream Drawing (I Dreamt of a Card...)1993
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Jim Shaw
Untitled (The Love of Jesus)1992
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Jim Shaw
Massed Police with Rifles1991
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Jim Shaw
Untitled (Bloodied Photographer)1991
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Jim Shaw
Easter on My Brain1990
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Jim Shaw
Red Rock1990
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Jim Shaw
Untitled1979
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Jim Shaw
Untitled1979