Perfection, Way, Origin
Object type: Print
Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
Artist: Terry Winters|Jean Starobinski
Artist bio: American, born Brooklyn, New York, 1949|Swiss, Geneva 1920–2019 Morges
Artist role: Artist|Author
Artist nationality: American|Swiss
Date: 2001
Medium: A bound book (“Perfection, Way, Origin”) containing text by Jean Starobinski in English translation and 28 etchings by Terry Winters, a bound copy of Starobinski’s original French text, and a portfolio of 10 intaglio prints (“Set of Ten,” MMA 2001.52a-j) by Terry Winters, all enclosed in an aluminum box
Dimensions: Portfolio cover: 19 1/8 × 15 3/8 × 1/4 in. (48.6 × 39.1 × 0.6 cm)
Bound book: 19 1/8 × 15 3/8 × 1 5/8 in. (48.6 × 39.1 × 4.1 cm)
Bound French text: 19 1/8 × 15 1/4 × 1/8 in. (48.6 × 38.7 × 0.3 cm)
Aluminum box: 20 1/4 × 16 1/4 × 3 1/8 in. (51.4 × 41.3 × 7.9 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Purchase, Reba and Dave Williams Gift, 2002
Accession year: 2002