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Diana with Poem

A work made of three-dimensional color lithograph on white wove paper, and letterpress and lithograph in gray on white laid japanese paper, collaged inside linen-covered portfolio with color lithograph on cover.

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  • A work made of three-dimensional color lithograph on white wove paper, and letterpress and lithograph in gray on white laid japanese paper, collaged inside linen-covered portfolio with color lithograph on cover.

Date:

1970–74

Artist:

Larry Rivers (American, 1923–2002)
poem by Kenneth Koch (American, 1925–2002)
printed by Frank Akers (American, born 1936) and James V. Smith
letterpress by Juda Rosenberg
box assembled by H. Wayne Ely
published by Universal Limited Art Editions (American, founded 1955)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Larry Rivers

Title

Diana with Poem

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1970–1974

Medium

Three-dimensional color lithograph on white wove paper, and letterpress and lithograph in gray on white laid Japanese paper, collaged inside linen-covered portfolio with color lithograph on cover

Inscriptions

Inscribed, signed, and dated recto lower right below image, in graphite: “A.P. 3/6 Larry Rivers ’70-‘74”; blind stamp recto lower left corner of mat board, and lower right corner of wove papers: “ULAE”

Dimensions

Portrait, box: 52 × 67.7 × 6.4 cm (20 1/2 × 26 11/16 × 2 9/16 in.); Poem, sheet: 44.3 × 50.5 cm (17 1/2 × 19 15/16 in.); Portfolio, closed: 62.5 × 72.3 × 11.5 cm (24 5/8 × 28 1/2 × 4 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

U.L.A.E. Collection acquired through a challenge grant of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dittmer; purchased with funds provided by supporters of the Department of Prints and Drawings; Centennial Endowment; Margaret Fisher Endowment Fund

Reference Number

1985.1115

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