Kiss

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Kiss

1996

Not Vital (Swiss, born 1948) Published by Baron/Boisante Editions Printed by Harlan and Weaver, Inc., New York

Often tending toward abstraction yet always rooted in nature, Not Vital's art frequently refers to his Swiss ancestry or aspects of his childhood in a remote Alpine village. Kiss is made from a plate etched with the imprint of two dead lambs, their bodies recalling the routine killing of animals in Vital's youth and the broad arcs of their forms alluding to Switzerland's mountainous terrain. The lambs' extended bodies form a sooty sweep that also evokes the mist-shrouded mountain peaks in classical Chinese painting; Vital emphasizes this kinship by signing his name in Chinese characters.

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Object Details

Titles:

Kiss

Date:

1996

Artists:

Not Vital (Swiss, born 1948) Published by Baron/Boisante Editions Printed by Harlan and Weaver, Inc., New York

Medium:

Lift-ground aquatint

Dimensions:

Plate: 30 × 60 inches (76.2 × 152.4 cm) Sheet: 34 × 64 inches (86.4 × 162.6 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

Purchased with the Hunt Corporation (formerly Hunt Manufacturing Co.) Arts Collection Program, 1996

Accession Number:

1996-159-1

Geography:

Made in Switzerland, Europe

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