Delirium (Alessandria, Italy), from Words and Images
2004; portfolio 2005
21st century
16 in. x 20 in. (40.64 cm x 50.8 cm)
Jill Mathis,
American,
b. 1964
Object Type:
Photographs
Creation Place:
North America, United States
Medium and Support:
digital chromogenic print on paper
Credit Line:
Carleton College Art Collection, gift of Arthur D. Kowaloff, class of 1968
Accession Number:
2007.001.01
"In Latin, the word 'lera' means the ridge left by ploughing. The verb 'de-lerare' means to make an irregular ridge when ploughing. A 'delirius' was one who could not make a straight furrow when ploughing and thus came to mean a crazy or disoriented person."
Jill Mathis