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White jagged line, text, and numbers “188” and “2” over ashy, abstract black-and-white background
Experiment with cannabis, (sudden freedom from any usual feeling, beginning to feel an indefinite sensation of comfort), 1874, from the portfolio The First Time, The Heart (A Portrait of Life 1854 - 1913)
White jagged line, text, and numbers “188” and “2” over ashy, abstract black-and-white background

Experiment with cannabis, (sudden freedom from any usual feeling, beginning to feel an indefinite sensation of comfort), 1874, from the portfolio The First Time, The Heart (A Portrait of Life 1854 - 1913)

Artist (American, born 1972)
Date2017
MediumPhotolithograph with transparent base ink on hand-flamed and sooted paper, brushed with lithotine and lifted from soot, fused with shellac and denatured alcohol
Dimensionssheet and image: 11 1/2 × 14 1/4 in. (29.2 × 36.2 cm)
ClassificationPrint
Credit LineMary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, purchase funds provided by Northwestern Engineering
Object number2018.6.28
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Black portfolio box with turquoise text reading “THE FIRST TIME, THE HEART…” and white wavy line
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Dario Robleto
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Four stacked wavy thin white plotter lines span across a background of smoke clouds and wisps
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Single wavy white plotter line spans across a background of smoke clouds with handwritten text below
Umbilical cord, first gasp, cutting of cord, 1886, from the portfolio The First Time, The Heart (A Portrait of Life 1854 - 1913)
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Two thin wavy white plotter lines span across a background of smoke clouds and wisps
Female, 24, exhaustion with excitement, pulse leaping, 1867, from the portfolio The First Time, The Heart (A Portrait of Life 1854 - 1913)
Dario Robleto
2017
A single thin wavy white plotter lines span across a background of smoke clouds and wisps
3 months old, sleeping, 1874, from the portfolio The First Time, The Heart (A Portrait of Life 1854 - 1913)
Dario Robleto
2017