Med läsning öd ej iden borrt, Vårt kön så föga det behöver, Och skall du läsa, gör det kort, At såsen ej må fräsa öfver / Readers

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KARIN MAMMA ANDERSSON (B. 1962)
Med läsning öd ej iden borrt, Vårt kön så föga det behöver, Och skall du läsa, gör det kort, At såsen ej må fräsa öfver / Readers
signed, titled and dated 'Med läsning öd ej iden borrt, Vårt kön så föga det behöver, Och skall du läsa, gör det kort, At såsen ej må fräsa öfver Readers Karin Mamma Andersson 2002' (on the reverse)
oil on panel
48 x 59 3⁄4 in. (121.9 x 151.8 cm.)
Painted in 2002.

Provenance

Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2002

Literature

M. Herbert, "Mamma Andersson," Time Out, October 6-13, 2002, p. 57.
T. Morton, "Mamma Andersson," Contemporary, December 2002, p. 91.
J. Charlesworth, "Northern Exposure," Art Review, December 2002-January 2003, p. 11 (illustrated), p. 12.

Exhibited

London, Stephen Friedman Gallery, Mamma Andersson, October-November 2002.

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"With reading, time does not waste
Our sex as little as it needs
And should you read, make it short.
That the sauce must not be milled over "
–Anna Maria Lenngren, 1794

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