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Microbe

A work made of screenprint on mylar.

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  • A work made of screenprint on mylar.

Date:

1996

Artist:

Randall Carl Bolton
American, born 1956

About this artwork

Randy Bolton was a visiting artist at SAIC during the mid-1980s. He now lives in Michigan, where he chairs the print area at Cranbrook Academy of Art. Microbe was created by scanning drawings into a computer, manipulating them, and producing separations that could be printed in various colors in sequence, on both sides of a sheet of translucent Mylar, giving the print an eerie visual quality.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Randall Carl Bolton

Title

Microbe

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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1996

Medium

Screenprint on mylar

Dimensions

37.9 × 47.8 cm (14 15/16 × 18 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Selma Flesh

Reference Number

1996.335

Extended information about this artwork

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