2008.133: Untitled

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

Permissions

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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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