Untitled, number 2 of 13 from Her Story: A book of thirteen original graphics by Elizabeth Murray for thirteen poems by Anne Waldman
Elizabeth Murray, American, 1940 - 2007
1988-1990
Lithograph and etching on paper
49/74
Plate: 5 15/16 × 4 3/16 in. (15.1 × 10.6 cm)
Sheet: 11 1/8 × 17 3/4 in. (28.3 × 45.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Anonymous Fund #144
PR.2000.28.2
Publisher
Universal Limited Art Editions (ULAE), West Islip, New York
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, in graphite, lower left: Anne Waldman; Signed and dated, in graphite, lower right: Elizabeth Murray 88-90| Embossed, printers chop, bottom edge, right of center: ULAE[LAE is nested inside U] [publisher's chop]| Watermark, lower left: A Waldman; watermark, lower right: E Murray
Label
Elizabeth Murray’s work has always been about the tension between opposing forces, motion, and change. Even in this intimate format, the tangled lines in her prints at once blur and assert forms we can recognize—chairs, tables, and humans. Everything in these tight spaces is in flux and ambiguous, rooted in reality but not quite defined by it.
In the late 1980s, Murray and poet Anne Waldman collaborated to produce Her Story, a portfolio of thirteen poems and prints. In tandem, each poem and image in the pair informs the other, inviting us to think about our public and private selves, freedom and entrapment, and the challenges of embodying the feminine.
From the 2024 exhibition Immersive Worlds: Real and Imagined, curated by Amelia Kahl, Barbara C. & Harvey P. Hood 1918 Senior Curator of Academic Programming and Neely McNulty, Hood Foundation Curator of Education
Course History
SART 27, SART 28, Printmaking I: Intaglio, Printmaking II, Louise Hamlin, Winter 2013
SART 25.01, Painting I, Esme Thompson, Fall 2019
Provenance
G. W. Einstein Company, Inc., New York, New York; sold to present collection, 2000.
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