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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2008.133
People
Cheryl Laemmle, American (born 1947)
Title
Untitled
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1982
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/328796

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching and aquatint
Dimensions
sheet: 76.1 x 56.6 cm (29 15/16 x 22 5/16 in.)
plate: 60.5 x 44.5 cm (23 13/16 x 17 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Cheryl Laemmle 1982
  • inscription: l.r in pencil: Cheryl Laemmle 1982
  • inscription: l.l in pencil: A.P. 10/10

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
Artist's Proof 10/10

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Lois B. Torf in honor of Susan Dackerman
Accession Year
2008
Object Number
2008.133
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Commentary
The carved wooden angel form in Cheryl Laemmle's prints is an early iteration of the birch-bark figures in her later paintings. These imaginary figures made of organic material are influenced by her time spent in the mountains of the Adirondacks between 1982-1983 and the toys her grandfather carved for her out of birch. The claustrophobic space created with the large childlike figures in the foreground against a shallow dark background reveal her play between fantasy and pessimism, reality and illusion. Laemmle's use of boxes in her prints is influenced by Joseph Cornell iconic box assemblages.

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