Object number1982.1
Shrine
Date1964
Artist
Miriam Schapiro
(American, b. Canada, 1923 - 2015)
CultureAmerican
MediumLithograph, polyptych
DimensionsImage: 50 x 12 in. (127 x 30.5 cm)
Framed: 50 7/8 x 12 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. (129.2 x 31.1 x 3.2 cm)
Framed: 50 7/8 x 12 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. (129.2 x 31.1 x 3.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dorothy Seiberling Steinberg, class of 1943, and Leo Steinberg
On View
Not on viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
InscribedOn a typed label affixed to the reverse of the frame, by unidentified hand in ink: Miriam Schapiro / Shrine / not for sale
BibliographyMiriam Schapiro: Works on Paper: A Thirty Year Retrospective. Tucson Museum of Art, 1999. Vassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryWomen Picturing Women: From Personal Spaces to Public, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, February 6 - June 13, 2021; In Translation: Prints Across Media, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, May 28 - September 18, 2022
DescriptionFour prints framed vertically together with no space between, each print has a thick border which serves as a visual frame for the interior of the work. The first print is an arched shaped frame with a deep golden yellow interior; the second print is a square shaped frame with a Toulouse-Lautrec style interior scene comprised of thin lines and a flatness of depth with a woman picking up a print from the printing press a man is operating on left; the third print is a square shaped frame with a red egg lightly lit from above against a black background; the fourth print is a square shaped frame with a blue, white, and cream mottled interior
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