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Artist/Maker
Raven Chacon
(Navajo, born 1977)
Date2020
MediumLithograph
DimensionsSheet: 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
Frame: 18 7/8 × 14 7/8 × 2 in. (47.9 × 37.8 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, The Edward W. Root Class of 1905 Memorial Art Purchase Fund
Object number2021.8.1.9
Not on view
DescriptionInstructions for performance by Raven Chacon:
For Joy Harjo
To be performed with voice (sung, spoken or read) or played on any horn
Follow the sixteen diacritic event markings in any order or path.
Perform each sound event in one of three ways:
-Singing, reading or playing to yourself
-Singing, reading or playing to another
-Singing, reading or playing to everyone
The event inflections are:
/voiceless / more rounded / half-long / aspirated/
/long / lowered / long until / accented/
/mid-centralized / extra short / creaky / labialized/
/no audible release / noisy / breathy / raised/
If sung, spoken or read, any words may be used including the name of the diacritic.
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Additional Details
Provenance
2021: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by purchase from Crow's Shadow Institute of the Arts.
Markings
Stamp: ochre Crow's Shadow Press chop on verso at lower left;
Stamp: ochre Printer's chop on verso at lower right.
Stamp: ochre Printer's chop on verso at lower right.
Signature
Signed on verso at lower right in pencil.
Inscribed
"FOR JOY HARJO" at upper right in ochre ink;
"9/20" on verso at lower left in pencil;
"CSP20-106" on verso at lower left in pencil.
"9/20" on verso at lower left in pencil;
"CSP20-106" on verso at lower left in pencil.
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Medium: Lithograph
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