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Andrew Raftery

Scene One, Living Room, 2008

Description

Maker

  • Andrew Raftery, b.1962, American, (RISD Faculty 1991-, Printmaking)

Title

Scene One, Living Room

Year

2008

Medium

Engraving on Twinrocker laid paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • ink

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Plate: 45.4 x 63.2 cm (17 7/8 x 24 7/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Each signed and dated at lower right; titled at lower corner and editioned at lower left

Identification

Edition

1/50

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Andrew Raftery in honor of Norberto Massi

Object Number

2008.109.1

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Visions and Revisions

February 15 - August 4, 2019

As light streams into a well-appointed interior, a realtor kneels to hand information sheets to two prospective buyers. Behind him, another couple walks in the front door for the openhouse viewing.

To depict this contemporary American middle-class ritual, Raftery looked to engravings from the 1600s, and in particular to the rigorous technique of Claude Mellan. Raftery creates a convincing illusion of space, light, and surface texture through the use of parallel lines of different length, width, direction, and spacing. At once realistically detailed and artfully constructed, the image takes on an uncanny quality, reinforced by the combination of old technique and contemporary subject matter.

Locally Made

July 12 - November 15, 2013

Related

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Andrew Raftery

Open House, 2008

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