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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
Not 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)
Additional Details
Provenance
2020: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by purchase from Light Work, Syracuse, NY.
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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