Like a weight you do not remove or lift

1980

Anthony Gorny

Artist, American, born 1950

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on japan paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mrs. Robert A. Hauslohner

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 24.8 x 15.6 cm (9 3/4 x 6 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 19.8 cm (7 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1990.106.19.g

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Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

lower left in plate in reverse: It would be so inhuman if everyone were ex / actly alike; yet he soon will be. Each hu / man features the entire gamut: mad- /ness it set for profit?"/ of saint to murderer./I expect / you to recognize that the "centre / does not cohere"./In 1980 they / sold art by the square foot- / just because these are small / physically doesn't mean that / they must seem small. The / new successful means / must now be simple / and small-that is taken / step by step./ Just ask yourself "is it set for profit?"/

Wikidata ID

Q74886277


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