Jonathan Cramp

The Tide is Out

Maker

Jonathan Cramp (English, b. 1930)

Title

The Tide is Out

Year

mid 1900s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

null

Dimensions

Image/sheet: 41 x 35.5 cm (16 1/8 x 14 inches) (approximate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed, on image, in graphite, LL: Jonathan Cramp; Written, in graphite, on sheet: LL: The Tide is Out (III) Second Version/ Cat 17/74

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Anonymous gift

Object Number

2016.80.36

Type

Publications

  • Journal

Manual / Issue 19: Many Moons

Approximately thirteen moons ago, I asked myself: Is it possible to live under a lunar calendar?

What would such a life reveal? What happens when you measure life in months instead of years? How would you interface with the databases that underlie digitized capitalism? Where to begin?

One begins with one’s own body, of course. Has science fiction taught us nothing?

—Badly Licked Bear, introduction

 

Manual 19 looks up to the skies to consider astronomy and space travel and ponder broader, more ancient associations, including the night in all its inky glory; tides, time, and calendars; the feminine; reflections and mirrors; love and enduring companionship; and lunacy, strangeness, and magic.

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Tombstone

Jonathan Cramp (English, b. 1930)
The Tide is Out, mid 1900s
Watercolor on paper
Image/sheet: 41 x 35.5 cm (16 1/8 x 14 inches) (approximate)
Anonymous gift 2016.80.36

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