Unknown Maker, American

Untitled

Maker

Unknown Maker, American

Culture

American

Title

Untitled

Year

ca. 1940s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Dimensions

Image: 7.9 x 5.6 cm (3 1/8 x 2 3/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Black ink on recto bottom left: "5"

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Peter J. Cohen in honor of Luke Cohen, RISD BFA 1971, BArch 1972, Architecture

Object Number

2018.61.2

Type

Publications

  • Journal

Manual / Issue 16: Intimacy

RISD Museum’s Manual 16 Embraces Intimacy

Intimacy reveals something deeply human in us. We need each other on a practical level, which means having to trust strangers. It’s analogous to what I understand prayer requires and what writing poems requires: an openness to the unknown, coupled with trust, a belief that we won’t be hurt. It’s at once akin to and the same as devotion.
-Carl Phillips

The RISD Museum’s sixteenth issue of Manual touches on the bonds of intimacy and its many expressions. This issue complements the exhibition Any distance between us, co-curated by Stephen Truax and Dominic Molon, on view at the RISD Museum through March 13, 2022.

Exhibition History

Defying the Shadow
Dec 01, 2020 – Dec 18, 2021

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Tombstone

Unknown Maker, American
Untitled, ca. 1940s
Gelatin silver print
Image: 7.9 x 5.6 cm (3 1/8 x 2 3/16 inches)
Gift of Peter J. Cohen in honor of Luke Cohen, RISD BFA 1971, BArch 1972, Architecture 2018.61.2

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