Half Foot

started 1985, published 1989

Jonathan Borofsky

Associated Names
Jonathan Borofsky

Artist, American, born 1942

Anthony Zepeda

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Kenneth Farley

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Diana Kingsley

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

The image displays rounded shapes with intricate line patterns covering their surfaces. The larger shape at the bottom left resembles a human foot with smaller shapes above that echo the arrangement of smaller toes. The forms have texture and swirling lines that give the impression of a footprint on a textured surface.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    photo-etching in purple on Arches 88 wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gemini G.E.L. and the Artist

  • Dimensions

    image: 82.9 × 54.4 cm (32 5/8 × 21 7/16 in.)
    plate: 90.1 × 60.2 cm (35 1/2 × 23 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 96.3 × 65.3 cm (37 15/16 × 25 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1989.55.5

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; acquired 1989 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1966

  • Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 1266.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 7.27. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: SP 2985005; lower right in graphite: Jonathan Borofsky; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: JB86-3130

Markings

embossed lower right: © [Gemini G.E.L.]; stamped lower left verso in gray ink: © Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles

Wikidata ID

Q74882987

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