Reclining in tree by Goddard Riverside Community Center NY, NY

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© Meryl Meisler. Image courtesy of Light Work, Syracuse, NY. For educational purposes only.
Reclining in tree by Goddard Riverside Community Center NY, NY
© Meryl Meisler. Image courtesy of Light Work, Syracuse, NY. For educational purposes only.
Artist/Maker (American, born 1951)
Publisher
DateJune 1978 (printed 2021)
MediumArchival inkjet print
DimensionsImage: 8 × 8 in. (20.3 × 20.3 cm) Sheet: 14 in. × 10 15/16 in. (35.6 × 27.8 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, The Wynant J. Williams '35 Art Collection Fund
Object number2021.9.3
Not on view
DescriptionMeryl Meisler was born 1951 in the Bronx and grew up on Long Island, NY. Meisler frequented and photographed the legendary New York City discos. A 1978 CETA Artist Grant supported her portfolio on Jewish identity. Upon retiring from 31 years as a New York City public school art teacher, she began releasing previously unseen work, including her books, A Tale of Two Cities: Disco Era Bushwick (Bizarre, 2014), Purgatory & Paradise: SASSY ‘70s Suburbia & The City (Bizarre, 2015) and New York PARADISE LOST: Bushwick Era Disco (forthcoming 2021). (Source: Light Work, Syracuse, NY)
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Provenance 2021: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by purchase from Light Work, Syracuse, NY.
Signature Signed and dated "Meryl Meisler 1978 / printed 2021" on verso at bottom right in pencil.
Inscribed "21/50" on verso at bottom left in pencil;
"Reclining in tree by Goddard Riverside Community Center, NY, NY June 1978" on verso at bottom center in pencil.
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