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Artist/Maker
Duane Michals
(American, born 1932)
Publisher
Light Work, Syracuse, NY
Date2012
MediumPigmented inkjet print
DimensionsImage: 11 × 20 in. (27.9 × 50.8 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 20 in. (27.9 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, The Wynant J. Williams '35 Art Collection Fund
Object number2020.8.9
On view
Description"Text reads:
Good Morning, Glory,
How do you do?
Your blue reminds me
of the eyes of someone
I once knew.
Duane Michals’ series of brightly colored prints with hand-applied text features images that assume the shape of traditional Japanese fans. Unconventional in format, the series references Ukiyo-e, a popular genre of Japanese woodblock printing noted for the absence of perspective and flat areas of pronounced color. The English translation of Ukiyo-e is “floating world,” and images of this genre aspire to divorce the viewer from the mundane and lift the spirit to the realm of the transcendent. Michals presents a modern and personal approach to this artistic tradition, exploring the enigmatic nature of contemporary life by blurring the boundaries between fantasy and reality with Eastern and Western influences." (SOURCE: Light Work, Syracuse, NY)
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Additional Details
Provenance
2020: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by purchase from Light Work, Syracuse, NY.
Markings
No markings noted.
Signature
Signed "Duane Michals" at lower right.
Inscribed
"Good Morning, Glory, / How do you do? / Your blue reminds me / of the eyes of someone / I once knew." at upper left;
"17/100" at lower right.
"17/100" at lower right.
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