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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M24277
People
Kjell Otterness, American (San Pedro, Cal. born 1968)
Title
fat bomb
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1994
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/189344

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Color woodcut with hand-set type
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 48 x 29.2 cm (18 7/8 x 11 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: left of center in design area, in sky area, black printer's ink, letterpress: [paragraph symbol] fat bomb [paragraph symbol] / this bomb was mada to / dastroy tha compatition. / wa all coma to watch the launch. / Tha intricata machanism / insida is an anginaaring marval / on a fina day manauvarad / by hate.
  • inscription: lower margin, graphite, handwritten, signed, in artist's hand: 2/8 "Fat Bomb" Kjell Otterness

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[David Procuniar, New York, New York], gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, December 6, 1999.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of David Procuniar
Accession Year
1999
Object Number
M24277
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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