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Kiki Smith

Associated Names
Kiki Smith

Artist, American, born 1954

Crown Point Press

Publisher

Emily York

Printer, American, active early 21st century

Catherine Brooks

Technical Collaborator, American, active early 21st century

The image includes a pair of dark boots placed on top of stacked paper sheets towards the right side. The color palette comprises muted grays and browns for the boots and sheets, while the background on the left side shows a blend of light pastel colors like yellow, pink, and blue. The boots are diagonal from the bottom center to the upper right corner, and the pastel splatter occupies the lower left corner, blending into the blank space above.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color flatbite etching, softground etching, and spitbite aquatint with gampi chine collé on Somerset wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Kathan Brown

  • Dimensions

    plate: 50.17 x 62.87 cm (19 3/4 x 24 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 67.31 x 78.74 cm (26 1/2 x 31 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.119.121

  • Copyright

    © Kiki Smith, Courtesy Pace Gallery

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Kathan Brown, San Francisco, California; acquired 2011 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2013

  • Yes, No, Maybe: Artists Working at Crown Point Press, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2013-2014

Bibliography

2013

  • Brodie, Judith, and Adam Greenhalgh. Yes, No, Maybe: Artists Working at Crown Point Press. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 2013, p. 123, pl. 29.2.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: OKTo Print; lower right in graphite: Kiki Smith 2006; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: K. Smith Home OKTP

Wikidata ID

Q76560302

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