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Inner folder, from Stones

A work made of oil on denim paper.

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  • A work made of oil on denim paper.

Date:

1957–60

Artist:

Larry Rivers (American, 1923-2002)
published by Universal Limited Art Editions (American, founded 1955)

About this artwork

The portfolio Stones is a record of two friends working side-by-side over the course of two years. As this was Tatyana Grosman’s first book venture, she commissioned handmade paper for the lithographs, but for the inner folder she asked Douglass Howell to make a special denim paper to celebrate Larry Rivers and his collaborator, poet Frank O’Hara, both of whom always worked in blue jeans. In fulfilling her request, Howell in part used cuttings from their jeans for the paper pulp.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Larry Rivers

Title

Inner folder, from Stones

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1957–1960

Medium

Oil on denim paper

Dimensions

Folded sheet: 54 × 64.6 cm (21 5/16 × 25 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

William McCallin McKee Memorial Endowment

Reference Number

1982.896.16

Extended information about this artwork

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