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Object number1985.19.5

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Portfolio/Seriesfrom the series Inflammatory Essays
Date1979-1982
Artist (American, 1950-)
CultureAmerican
MediumCommercial offset lithograph in black ink on thin, wove pink paper
EditionUnlimited edition
DimensionsImage: 17 x 17 in. (43.2 x 43.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
On View
Not on view
Period20th c
Classification(s)
InscribedOn verso, by unidentified hand, lower right corner in pencil: 85.19.5
ProvenancePurchased from Rhona Hoffman Gallery
Vassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryModern Art from Friends’ Collections: A Loan Exhibition Celebrating the Tenth Anniversary of the Friends of the Vassar Art Gallery. The Vassar Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, New York, April 18 - June 9, 1985;

Presses, Pop, and Pomade: American Prints Since the Sixties, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, January 13 - March 19, 2006
DescriptionBlack italic text against a pink background reads: DESTROY SUPERABUNDANCE. STARVE THE / FLESH, SHAVE THE HAIR, EXPOSE THE / BONE, CLARIFY THE MIND, DEFINE THE / WILL, RESTRAIN THE SENSES, LEAVE / THE FAMILY, FLEE THE CHURCH, KILL / THE VERMIN, VOMIT THE HEART, FORGET / THE DEAD. LIMIT TIME, FORGO / AMUSEMENT, DENY NATURE, REJECT / ACQUAINTANCES, DISCARD OBJECTS, / FORGET TRUTHS, DISSECT MYTH, STOP / MOTION, BLOCK IMPULSE, CHOKE SOBS, / SWALLOW CHATTER. SCORN JOY, SCORN / TOUCH, SCORN TRAGEDY, SCORN / LIBERTY, SCORN CONSTANCY, SCORN HOPE, / SCORN EXALTATION, SCORN REPRODUCTION, / SCORN VARIETY, SCORN EMBELLISHMENT, / SCORN RELEASE, SCORN REST, SCORN / SWEETNESS, SCORN LIGHT. IT'S A / QUESTION OF FORM AS MUCH AS FUNCTION. / IT IS A MATTER OF REVULSION.
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