Object number1994.35.1

(Piero Manzoni and Other Artists) White

Portfolio/Seriesfrom October Portfolio One

Date1981

Artist Louise Lawler (American, 1947-)

CultureAmerican

MediumDye destruction print, printed 1993

Editionedition 21 of 30

DimensionsSheet: 5 7/8 x 7 1/16 in. (15 x 18 cm)
Matted: 20 1/16 x 16 1/8 in. (51 x 41 cm)

Credit LinePurchase, Friends of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center Fund

On View

Not on view

Period20th c

Classification(s)

Photograph

SignedOn mount, signed lower center in pencil: Louise A. Lawler

InscribedOn mount, by artist, lower center in pencil: 21/30 1981/93; by unidentified hand, lower right corner, 1994.35.1 791

MarkingsOn overmat, stamped lower left in ink: (PIERO MANZONI AND / OTHER ARTISTS) WHITE, / 1981/93

Vassar Exhibitions

In Translation: Prints Across Media

Second Sight: Originality, Duplicity, and the Object

Exhibition HistorySecond Sight: Originality, Duplicity, and the Object, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, January 14 - April 10, 2005;

In Translation: Prints Across Media, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, May 28 - September 18, 2022
DescriptionMounted to board. Image of six different works of art on a wall, one comprised of the letters A-G and one comprised of text reading: MANY DOGS RUN WILD IN THE CITY. / SOME ARE ABANDONED BY THEIR / OWNERS AND OTHERS ARE BORN TO / LOST DOGS. STRAYS HAVE A LIMITED / LIFE EXPECTANCY EVEN WHEN THEY / BAND TOGETHER IN PACKS. THEY ARE / PREY TO DISEASE, PARASITES, / WEATHER AND AUTOMOBILES. THEY / TEND TO BE FRIGHTENED AND VICIOUS. THEY ARE UNABLE TO PROTECT / THEMSELVES OR ANYONE ELSE.

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