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Liliana Porter

For You

Description

Maker

Liliana Porter (Argentine, b. 1941), printmaker

Title

For You

Year

2001

Medium

  • Lithograph and drypoint

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Lithograph and drypoint

Materials

lithograph, drypoint

Supports

  • somerset radient white paper

Dimensions

37.7 x 28 cm (14 13/16 x 11 inches)

Identification

Edition

9/25

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Nancy Sayles Day Collection of Modern Latin American Art

Object Number

2002.52.1

Type

  • Prints

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Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Raid the Icebox Now with Pablo Helguera
Inventarios / Inventories
Feb 07, 2020 – Aug 21, 2021
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Latin American Works on Paper
Aug 09, 2013 – Jan 05, 2014

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In making these prints, Liliana Porter visited flea markets to find vintage toys and mass-produced knick-knacks, in particular those dating to the 1950s, the period of her youth. Isolated by a vast white background, the objects are stripped of their temporal contexts and everyday associations and placed in unusual juxtapositions, resulting in disorienting and absurd vignettes. Such is the case in The Offering, in which a toy penguin presents a tiny strip of red rice paper to the geisha printed on porcelain plate.

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Liliana Porter (Argentine, b. 1941), printmaker
For You, 2001
Lithograph and drypoint
37.7 x 28 cm (14 13/16 x 11 inches)
Nancy Sayles Day Collection of Modern Latin American Art 2002.52.1

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