Peregrine Honig

Ovubet: 26 Girls with Sweet Centers

Maker

Peregrine Honig (American, b. 1976)
Jack Lemon (American, b. ca. 1936), printer
Landfall Press, Inc., publisher

Title

Ovubet: 26 Girls with Sweet Centers

Year

1999

Medium

Etching with watercolor on paper doilies

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Etching with watercolor on paper doilies

Materials

hand coloring

Supports

Amscan paper doily (embossed white paper with perforations)

Dimensions

26.7 x 18.9 cm (10 1/2 x 7 7/16 inches) (sheet) oval

Identification

Edition

17/20

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Mary B. Jackson Fund

Object Number

2000.93

Type

Prints

Exhibition History

Drawing the Line

Mar 30, 2001 – Jun 10, 2001

Label copy

Honig uses a very tentative, spare line to describe the 26 young women alphabetically portrayed in this series. The vulnerability of her subjects is emphasized by the delicacy of her line, the watercolor additions, and the doilies.

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Peregrine Honig (American, b. 1976)
Jack Lemon (American, b. ca. 1936), printer
Landfall Press, Inc., publisher

Ovubet: 26 Girls with Sweet Centers, 1999

Etching with watercolor on paper doilies

26.7 x 18.9 cm (10 1/2 x 7 7/16 inches) (sheet) oval

Mary B. Jackson Fund 2000.93

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