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Artist Lizbeth Marano (American, born 1950)

Date1993

MediumEtching with postage stamp collage on paper

DimensionsImage: 11 3/4 × 14 3/4 inches (29.85 × 37.47 cm)
Sheet: 17 3/8 × 20 inches (44.13 × 50.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of George L. Schelling

Object number2016.11.1

Signed"Lizbeth Marano" in pencil, lower right of sheet

Inscribed"On a Theory of Chaos" in pencil, lower left of sheet "33/75" in pencil to the left of artist's signature, lower right of sheet "1993" in pencil to the right of artist's signature, lower right of sheet

Edition/State/Proofed. 33/75

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DescriptionThe image consists of a white background layered with grainy round forms resembling thumbprint smudges that fade in color from a deep black to a light gray. In the center-right of the middleground is a lemniscate, or figure-eight, shape with the outside ends of the curved forms slanted upward toward the page's top corners. One continuous black line weaves in and around itself to create the continuous shape which resembles a domino mask.

The sheet is white and inscribed just under the image is the title of the work, the edition of the print, the artist's signature and the year the work was created. The lower left corner of the sheet contains a postage stamp collage framed in gold and features a predominately black and red butterfly with hints of yellow, green and blue on the wings. "UMM AL QIWAIN", the name of the least populous of the seven sovereign emirates in the United Arab Emirates, located in the north of the country, is in the lower left corner of the stamp. The stamp features arabic writing in the lower right and top right corners.Provenance

Provenance

Purchased from Parasol Prints by George Schelling, St. Louis, MO, 1996; Gift from George Schelling, St. Louis, MO, 2016.

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