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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M24151
People
Kjell Otterness, American (San Pedro, Cal. born 1968)
Title
button uppity
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1989-94
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/193242

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black, red, and green, with type and graphite additions
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 15.2 x 11.2 cm (6 x 4 7/16 in.)
sheet: 25.3 x 16.4 cm (9 15/16 x 6 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: margin, lower right corner, graphite, handwritten, signed, in artist's hand: illegible, but presumably the artist's signature
  • stamp: in the design area and the lower margin, black, red, and green printing ink, printed from type, but probably stamped by hand: Concentric small "o"s printed in green and red above "uppity" printed in red in the design areaThe following are all printed in the lower margin, top to bottom in the sequence given:"button" and "uppity" printed in green and red respectively below the design, both words struck through violently in graphite;"no." "not;" printed in black;"but" "button" printed in black, "button" struck through in graphite;"please do not / manipulate the button / is not a toy there is a / firmly lodged Responsibility / in our throat who is / behind on the rent for / the ascent." printed in green.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[David Procuniar, New York, New York], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, May 25, 1999.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, George R. Nutter Fund
Accession Year
1999
Object Number
M24151
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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