Untitled

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Untitled

1997

Yukinori Yanagi (Japanese, born 1959) Printed by Harlan and Weaver, Inc., New York Published by Peter Blum Edition, New York

Over the years, Yanagi has employed the ant as an instrument of ever-changing symbolic potential, using its behavior to suggest a wide range of ideas, from military aggression to repressive subjugation. In creating this print, part of a portfolio, the artist followed the path of an ant with an etching needle, incising its meandering trail in the varnished surface of five copper plates. The delicate tracery of the ant’s trail becomes denser at the edges, as the ant tries to escape its confinement.

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Object Details

Titles:

Untitled
From the portfolio Wandering Position

Date:

1997

Artists:

Yukinori Yanagi (Japanese, born 1959) Printed by Harlan and Weaver, Inc., New York Published by Peter Blum Edition, New York

Medium:

Color etching

Dimensions:

Plate and sheet: 24 x 20 inches (61 x 50.8 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

Purchased with the Hunt Corporation (formerly Hunt Manufacturing Co.) Arts Collection Program, 1997

Accession Number:

1997-162-2

Geography:

Made in New York, New York, United States, North and Central America

Context:

Period: Heisei Period (1989-2019)

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