The Floating World, The Pasts They Brought With Them
Artist:
Sanford Biggers
(American, born 1970)
Date: 2013
Medium: Screen print with collage and hand-coloring, edition: 30
Dimensions:
27 x 24 in. (68.6 x 61 cm)
Classification: Visual Works
Credit Line: Museum Purchase, Way Fund
Object number: 2020.6
DescriptionRectangular white paper support with irregular rectangle-shaped image. Composite image made of strips of paper in the manner of a quilt or a piecedwork textile. Some pieces are monochromatic black-blue, brown, or red. Other pieces have an all-over herringbone or wave pattern, or a flower and water pattern. In the bottom left corner there is a figure; the outline of which is shown in gold from the waist up, in right profile. In the upper right corner, there is a silver repeat pattern showing plants or flowers.
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