Delirium (Alessandria, Italy)
Date2004
Artist
Jill Mathis
(American photographer, born 1964)
MediumDigital chromogenic print
Dimensionsimage: 12 1/16 × 16 in. (30.6 × 40.6 cm)
sheet: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
sheet: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Francis McIntyre, 2006
Object number2006-76.1
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPHOTOGRAPH
Label TextIn 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.
