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Artist/Maker
Mary Mattingly
(American, born 1978)
Publisher
Light Work, Syracuse, NY
Date2008 (printed and published 2017)
MediumArchival inkjet print
DimensionsImage: 7 15/16 × 8 in. (20.2 × 20.3 cm)
Sheet: 9 7/8 × 9 15/16 in. (25.1 × 25.2 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, The Edward W. Root Class of 1905 Memorial Art Purchase Fund
Object number2017.10.2
Not on view
DescriptionNew York-based artist Mary Mattingly creates sculptural ecosystems in urban spaces. Photography is central to the process, documentation, and display of her participatory work. Navel of the Moon depicts a figure standing on a flooded desert floor in Mexico, inflating one of Mattingly’s “Wearable Homes,” in order to potentially float or collect water. (SOURCE: Light Work, Syracuse, NY).
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Additional Details
Provenance
2017: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by purchase from Light Work, Syracuse, NY.
Signature
Signed "Mary Mattingly" verso lower right in black pen.
Inscribed
"Navel of the Moon 2008" verso lower left in black pen; "11/50" verso lower right in black pen.
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