Black sans serif text on a white background. It reads: “At that time she lived on a hill. Her house was shaded by many trees. Unlike my house it had no clutter, and when you lay down on the floor it was cool. Her eyes were dark, like mine. She eventually transferred to a private school and I saw her only once again. When I remember her I think of the scent of eucalyptus, and the air cooling as the bus made its way up the hill.”

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Lynne Yamamoto

Untitled (text)

Maker

Lynne Yamamoto (American, 1961)
Dusica Kirjakovic, printer
Courtney Healey, printer
Lower East Side Print Shop, publisher

Title

Untitled (text)
Eyes, Dark

Year

1999

Medium

Screenprinted text

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Screenprinted text

Materials

screen print

Supports

Hahnemuhle Copperplate Bright White 300 gr. paper

Dimensions

Plate: 8.6 x 12.4 cm (3 3/8 x 4 7/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

On verso in pencil in lower left corner: "17/17", in lower right corner (illegible from cataloguing worksheet)

Marks: Mark of the printer on the bottom center of the paper.

Identification

Edition

3/16

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Jesse Metcalf Fund

Object Number

2000.59.4Q

Type

Prints

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.