Tri Wing Spin / Gary Simmons

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Accession Number
2010/2.42
Title
Tri Wing Spin
Artist
Gary Simmons
Artist Nationality
American
Artist Life Dates
American, born 1964
Object Creation Date
2005
Object Creation Place
North and Central America (continent)
United States (nation)
Creation Place 2
United States (nation)
Style/Group/Movement
African-American Contemporary
Dimensions
46 cm x 43.5 cm (18 1/8 in. x 17 1/8 in.)
Primary Object Classification
Print
Primary Object Type
lithograph
Physical Description
This print depicts three black forms, in the shape of feathered wings, over a cream background with gray block lettering. The tips of the feathers have active brush strokes that give the appearance that they are moving in a circular, clockwise direction in the center of the print.
Subject Matter
Gary Simmons lives and works in New York city. He is well-known for his "erasure" paintings created by smudging white chalk images on slate surfaces so that they have a ghostly effect. This lithograph was printed at the Tamarind Institute, University of New Mexico.
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Image Size
2592 x 2685
File Size
267 KB
Record
2010/2.42
Link to this Item
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2010-sl-2.42/2010_2.42.jpg

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"Tri Wing Spin; Gary Simmons." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2010-sl-2.42/2010_2.42.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.
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