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Gee-Whizzels

Images/graphics: Bern Porter
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Reference no.:NL/Por.B/77.00 Place/Shelf:3GL

Book title: Gee-Whizzels
Published by: Bern Porter Books
Year made: 1977
Place made: USA
Original: Yes
Dimensions: 215 x 280
Binder: commercial binding
Physical description: soft cover, 'perfect' binding
Medium: graphic collage
Further information:
"The title of this book, Porter wrote, comes 'from a Maine expletive ‘Gee Whizz’ often used by Porters father. (Porter often wrote about himself in the third person). The book is full of other phrases, foreign languages and nonsense words."
"Bern Porter (1911–2004) contributed to some of the most important scientific and artistic innovations of the twentieth century...When the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, in 1945, Porter walked away from his position with the Manhattan Project and, disappointed with his work as a physicist, turned his attention to artistic pursuits." (all quotations from the MoMA website "Lost and Found: The work of Bern Porter from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art Library")

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