Untitled

Inscriptions

Signed and dated, in graphite, lower right margin: D [illegible script] '02; titled, in graphite, lower center margin: Tatto Series VI; numbered, in graphite, lower left margin: 3/3; inscribed, in block, lower right: PAUL Embossed, lower right margin: CRE [vertical portion of R and E are omitted] [semicircles above and below letters] [publisher's chop] Watermark, lower right margin: somerset / ENGLAND; watermark, upper left margin: somerset / ENGLAND [upside down]

Label

With his eyes closed, a nude man relaxes on the beach with his hands behind his head. Being fully exposed in such a way is a vulnerable position, yet he seems comfortable, especially given the presence of a friend whose feet peek out from the bottom of the frame. This depiction is not trying to be sexy; in fact, it is not trying to be anything. He and his friend on the beach just are, and the work’s simple composition reflect this.
 
Heyman’s Tattoo Series is comprised of several Japanese woodblock prints of men at a nude beach on Cape Cod. The second pair of feet featured at the bottom of the frame are Heyman’s own, the art born from the intimate environment that he created with his friend.

From the 2024 exhibition A Space for Dialogue 119, Embracing Vulnerability: Gay Intimacy in the Context of AIDS, curated by Colin Donnelly '24, Class of 1954 Intern

Course History

SART 27, SART 28, SART 74, Printmaking I, II, III, Louise Hamlin, Spring 2013

SART 27, SART 28, Printmaking I-Intaglio, Printmaking II, Louise Hamlin, Winter 2014

SART 27, SART 28, SART 74, Printmaking I, Printmaking II, Printmaking III, Louise Hamlin, Spring 2014

Exhibition History

A Space for Dialogue 119, Embracing Vulnerability: Gay Intimacy in the Context of AIDS, Colin Donnelly '24, Class of 1954 Intern, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 13 - September 1, 2024.

Provenance

Vincent Renou, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; given to present collection, 2005.

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