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Once Again, But Different This Time: The Canasta Edition

ArtistAfter Brian Eno (English, b. 1948)

ArtistAfter Peter Schmidt (English (born Germany), 1931 - 1980)

CultureAmerican

Date2014

MediumTwo decks of playing cards, plastic case

Dimensions3 3/4 × 5 × 3/4 in. (9.5 × 12.7 × 1.9 cm)

InscribedEach acrd is imprinted with an "oblique strategy"

PortfolioFrom the Peter Norton Family Christmas Art Project

Credit LineGifts of Lynn Gumpert in memory of Amy L. Brandt (1978-2015), the McKinnon Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Chrysler Museum of Art from 2011 to 2015

Object number2016.26.6

Not on view

DescriptionTwo decks of playing cards in a plastic case. Once Again, but different this time, consists of two separate decks of playing cards, one in silver stock and the other in gold. It is a version, or edition of the previous Norton gift, the Oblique Strategies, but designed for Canasta, a fast-paced card game in which skill and judgment are emphasized. The cards are imprinted, each with an “oblique strategy”, a suggestion that one approach problems from different angles to find new solutions. The plastic box is tied in a gold ribbon.
ProvenanceThe work was a December 2013 gift of the Peter Norton, Los Angeles, who commissioned it from the artist. The work was a gift to the donor, Lynn Gumpert, from Peter Norton. Lynn Gumpert donated the work to the Chrysler Museum of Art in September 2016.