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Sandow Birk

Proposal for a Monument to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Recent Acquisition

Description

Maker

Sandow Birk (American, b. 1962 in Detroit)
Paul Mullowney, printer
printer Mullowney Printing (American)
publisher Catharine Clark Gallery (American)

Title

Proposal for a Monument to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Imaginary Monuments

Year

2013

Medium

  • Direct gravure etching on four copper plates,
  • printed on gampi backed with sekishu kōzo paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Direct gravure etching on four copper plates,
  • printed on gampi backed with sekishu kōzo paper

Dimensions

Sheet: 156 x 118.5 cm (61 7/16 x 46 5/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

In graphite below image at LL: A.P. 2; LR Sandow Birk . 2013

Identification

Edition

A.P.2; edition of 25

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Jessica Helfand and Malcolm Drenttel

Object Number

2022.69

Type

  • Prints

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Sandow Birk (American, b. 1962 in Detroit)
Paul Mullowney, printer
printer Mullowney Printing (American)
publisher Catharine Clark Gallery (American)
Proposal for a Monument to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; Imaginary Monuments, 2013
Direct gravure etching on four copper plates, printed on gampi backed with sekishu kōzo paper
Sheet: 156 x 118.5 cm (61 7/16 x 46 5/8 inches)
Gift of Jessica Helfand and Malcolm Drenttel 2022.69

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