I Hope You Learned Your Lesson / William T. Wiley

Access to this resource is restricted.

Actions

About this Item

Record Details

Accession Number
1992/1.122
Title
I Hope You Learned Your Lesson
Artist Nationality
American
Artist Life Dates
Born 1937
Object Creation Date
1974
Object Creation Place
North and Central America (continent)
United States (nation)
Creation Place 2
United States (nation)
Credit Line
Museum Purchase
Dimensions
71.8 cm x 56.5 cm (28 1/4 in. x 22 1/4 in.)
Century
20th century
Primary Object Classification
Print
Physical Description
Print made to resemble a wood framed chalk board; dated lower left 1974; at lower right, artist's insignia a capital W within a circle.
Subject Matter
Wiley's use of text here confronts the viewer with an age-old aphorism "I hope you learned your lesson," while infusing the work with a sense of irony and humor by creating the illusion of erasure and rewrites giving an instability to what reads as incontrovertible text. Adding an element of self-reference to the work, Wiley leaves the ghost of his birth year, 1937, visible as an erasure at the bottom left of the print.
Rights
If you are interested in using an image for a publication, please visit https://umma.umich.edu/about/services/request-image/ for more information and to fill out the online Image Rights and Reproductions Request Form.

Technical Details

Image Size
935 x 1183
File Size
73 KB
Record
1992/1.122
Link to this Item
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1992-sl-1.122/1992_1.122.jpg

Rights and Permissions

Portfolios

Cite this Item

View the Help Guide for more information.

Full citation
"I Hope You Learned Your Lesson; William T. Wiley." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1992-sl-1.122/1992_1.122.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 18, 2024.
Do you have questions about this content? Need to report a problem? Please contact us.