Skip to main content

Visit Main Menu Block

  • Hours & Admission
  • Accessibility & Amenities
  • Tours & Group Visits
  • Visitor Guidelines

Exhibitions and Events Main Menu Block

  • Exhibitions
  • Events

Art and Design Main Menu Block

  • Collection
  • Collection Research
  • Past Exhibitions
  • Watch / Listen / Read

Footer Main

  • Become a Member
  • Who We Are
  • Opportunities
  • Rent the Museum

John O'Reilly

As Hermes and Dionysus,

Maker

  • John O'Reilly

Title

As Hermes and Dionysus

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Polaroid photomontage

Techniques

  • Polaroid photomontage

Dimensions

Mat Window: 9.4 x 9.4 cm (3 11/16 x 3 11/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

On recto, signed and inscribed in graphite "O'REILLY 2/11/89" LR on image. On recto of mat, "Apollo/Dionysus" inscribed in graphite LL of image and "3-25-96" inscribed in graohite on mat at LR corner of image. On verso of mat, "John O'Reilly / AS HERMES AND DIONYSUS 87 3 3/4 x 3 3/4" inscribed in graphite LL.

Type

  • Collage

Credit

Gift of James Tellin

Object Number

2021.122.4

As Hermes and Dionysus

On recto, signed and inscribed in graphite "O'REILLY 2/11/89" LR on image. On recto of mat, "Apollo/Dionysus" inscribed in graphite LL of image and "3-25-96" inscribed in graohite on mat at LR corner of image. On verso of mat, "John O'Reilly / AS HERMES AND DIONYSUS 87 3 3/4 x 3 3/4" inscribed in graphite LL.

Exhibition History

The Performative Self-Portrait

May 13 - November 12, 2023
The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is As Hermes and Dionysus with the accession number of 2021.122.4. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.
We view our online collection as a living documents, and our records are frequently revised and enhanced. If you have additional information or have spotted an error, please send feedback to curatorial@risd.edu.

Footer Main

  • Become a Member
  • Who We Are
  • Opportunities
  • Rent the Museum

Footer Main Navigation

  • Visit

    • Hours & Admission
    • Accessibility & Amenities
    • Tours & Group Visits
    • Visitor Guidelines
  • Art & Design

    • Collection Research
    • Collection
    • Past Exhibitions
  • Join / Give

    • Become a Member
    • Give
  • Exhibitions & Events

    • Exhibitions
    • Events
  • Watch / Listen / Read

    • The Latest
    • Publications
    • Articles
    • Audio & Video

Footer Secondary Navigation

  • Who We Are
  • Opportunities
  • Image Request
  • Press Office
  • Rent the Museum
  • Terms of Use
Tickets
Homepage
Go to the risd.edu homepage. This link will open in a new window.