Tri Wing Spin / Gary Simmons
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.42
- Title
- Tri Wing Spin
- Artist
- Gary Simmons
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born 1964
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on white pescia paper
- Object Creation Date
- 2005
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Robert and Janet Miller
- 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
- 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.
- Secondary Keywords
- animal material
- associated concepts
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- dynamics
- information form components
- keratinous material
- materials
- materials by origin
- mechanics concepts
- people and culture
- phonetic signs
- physical sciences concepts
- physics concepts
- scientific concepts
- script and type forms
- script and type signs
- 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
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2592 x 2685
- File Size
- 267 KB
- Record
- 2010/2.42
- Link to this Item
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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 29, 2024.