"No!" says the Signified, Untitled #4

Artist Shūsaku Arakawa Japanese, 1936 - 2010, active in the United States

Date1973

MediumLithograph/screen print combination on paper plus collage elements, in box, 1 of set of 6

ClassificationsVisual Works

Object number1991.75.13

DescriptionRectangular print, horizontally oriented. There is a ruler reproduced along the top edge of the print, which is bisected by a vertical yellow stripe. The left side of the print is mostly white with mottled gray all-over patterns and a stenciled word, "FORGOTT(EN)." Some letters are doubled in mirror reverse and partially erased. The right side of the print has black smudging and a collaged sandpaper triangle outlined in yellow, red, and blue. Other elements reproduced include a large blue splat shape, the words "forgott(en)" and "mother," and a blue human hand. Along the bottom edge of the print, text reads, "The two areas separated by the yellow stripe should never be united into one perception."

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