Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Turk, Gavin
Title:
Found coin.
Published / Created:
[London] : [Momart], [2011]

1 item ; 28 x 21 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
ND497.T78 F68 2011+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Momart
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
Notes:
Annual Momart gift for 2011.

BAC: British Art Center copy also includes printed letter from Momart announcing the gift.

Consists of a British penny coin affixed to a sheet of thick white paper. The reverse of the penny (with crowned portcullis and chains) faces up. The sheet bears the blind-stamped inscription: "Gavin Turk, 11". Accompanying the item is a single sheet (ink-jet printed?), the top of which features a photo of Turk stooping down as if to pick up an item from the ground, above a text that begins with the common rhyme: "Find a penny, pick it up, and all day you'll have good luck."
Subject Terms:
Turk, Gavin. | Momart (London, England) | Multiple art -- Great Britain. | Art, Modern -- 21st century. | Superstition. | Momart -- Publisher.
Form/Genre:
Multiples. | Keepsakes.
Contributors:
Momart (London, England)