Signature Verso, lower left, in graphite: 1/60 Enrique Chagoya '00
Inscription Recto, in image: The Venus Trombones [underlined] / If my legs were my arms / And my eyes were elbows, / If my hips were my palms / And my hair made of fingers, / Nothing would work / At first. / What then? Nothing changed / And everything changed, / Which the stronger, yesterday / Or today? Today or tomorrow? / We know this: / We do not understand our dreams. / Is that the fault of our dreams? / Is there a language / We do not yet know? / Give the Venus trombones to the salt [italicized] / Pardon the trucks in my hammer. [italicized]
Recto, lower left corner, red ink stamp: [see worksheet]
Verso, lower right corner, in graphite: Alberto Rios [poet's signature?]
Verso, lower right corner: Segura chopmark
Provenance Collection of Susie and Scott Robertson, Scottsdale, AZ; Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL, 2003
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