Permanent Title, 1993 
       
     
For this installation, the artist took rubbings onto muslin from structures—parks, buildings, sidewalks—on the sites of more than a dozen former burial grounds in Manhattan lost to development. The waxed muslin sacks refer to colonial-era cerecloth
       
     
Permanent Title, 1993 
       
     
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Permanent Title, 1993 

Wax, muslin, charcoal
Overall size: 144 × 144 × 9 inches

For this installation, the artist took rubbings onto muslin from structures—parks, buildings, sidewalks—on the sites of more than a dozen former burial grounds in Manhattan lost to development. The waxed muslin sacks refer to colonial-era cerecloth
       
     
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For this installation, the artist took rubbings onto muslin from structures—parks, buildings, sidewalks—on the sites of more than a dozen former burial grounds in Manhattan lost to development. The waxed muslin sacks refer to colonial-era cerecloth from which burial shrouds were made.