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Slightly jagged white line and text over ashy, abstract black-and-white background
Holding breath while listening to tuning fork, 1880, from the portfolio The First Time, The Heart (A Portrait of Life 1854 - 1913)
Slightly jagged white line and text over ashy, abstract black-and-white background

Holding breath while listening to tuning fork, 1880, 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 number2018.6.31
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