Harvard Art Museums > M24151: button uppity Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"button uppity (Kjell Otterness) , M24151,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/193242. This object does not yet have a description. 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 Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
