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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M24152
People
Kjell Otterness, American (San Pedro, Cal. born 1968)
Title
disaster strikes!
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1989-94
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/193243

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black, red, and green, with type additions
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 11.4 x 15 cm (4 1/2 x 5 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower margin, lower right corner, graphite, handwritten, signed, in artist's hand: illegible, but presumably the artist's signature
  • stamp: within plate and in side and bottom margin, green and red printer's ink, type, hand-stamped?: "!" in red on a humanoid figure in the distance, presumably a distraught victim
    "disaster" and "strikes" in green at the left and right side of the image, respectively
    "3:47 pm" in red centered below the image

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
M24152
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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