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Close-up of a monochromatic print of various animals and patterns. The center features a disgruntled figure looking at its palms adjacent to a ribcage and heart inside a turtle outline. Close-up of a monochromatic print of various animals and patterns. The center features a disgruntled figure looking at its palms adjacent to a ribcage and heart inside a turtle outline. Rectangular print of a standing figure surrounded by turtle-like forms with skeletal patterning, surrounded by standing patterned silhouettes of figures framed by a cream background.

Melanie Yazzie

Silent Symbols,

Maker

  • Melanie Yazzie

Title

Silent Symbols

Medium

ink

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Lithograph on Rives BFK Cream

Techniques

  • Lithograph on Rives BFK Cream

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

76.2 x 55.9 cm (30 x 22 inches) (sheet)

Identification

Edition

edition of 20

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Nancy Friese in honor of Roger and Gayle Mandle

Object Number

2008.93.1

Silent Symbols
from the portfolio World of Print

Manual / Issue 18

Nature
Read Online
edition of 20

Publications

Manual / Issue 18

Nature
Read Online

Exhibition History

Being and Believing in the Natural World

October 22, 2022 - June 4, 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 Silent Symbols with the accession number of 2008.93.1. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.
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