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Artist McRAY MAGLEBY (born 1941)

Date1984

MediumLithograph

Dimensions71.9 × 35.2 cm (28 5/16 × 13 7/8") (Image)
Overall: 82.7 × 45.7 cm (32 9/16 × 18")

ClassificationsPrint

Credit LineBrigham Young University Museum of Art

Object number160010102

DescriptionAt the top of the work is a black text box with the words "great inventions" in capital letters. At the bottom of the work is another black text box with the words "Registration by phone" in capital letters. In the middle of the work is a domed building with four arches, the lower arch further subdivided into a central arch and empty spaces on either side. Underneath the building is a text box reading "584 B.C. Tired of banging his head on low-slung-post-and lintel doorways, brilliant your architect Archilletu Erectus graces the Roman Empire with his new invention - the arch. 1984 A.S. BYU administrators design an ingenious new scheduling system, destined to become a classic in its own time - computerized telephone registration. Take the bard knocks out of scheduling. Final payment deadline for winter semester - December 14". Above the building is a profile bust of a male figure with the words "Archilletu Erectus" in italics underneath.

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