Fresh Cut

Artist Peregrine Honig (American, born 1976)

Publisher The Lawrence Lithography Workshop (American, founded 1979)

Date2005

MediumLithograph on Arches Cover white paper with Japanese silk tissue chine collé

DimensionsSheet: 15 × 19 inches (38.1 × 48.26 cm)
Image: 9 3/4 × 12 1/4 inches (24.77 × 31.12 cm)

Credit LineGift of C. Richard and Evelyn Belger

Object number2023.40.21

SignedWritten along the right edge of the image.

MarkingsUnder the image, in script: “Fresh Cut” and under that, also in script: “Sheer your daughter, hair to her knees, for tresses breed fevers and gold locks need keys.” Edition number, artist’s name, and date in script along the right edge of the forest.

Edition/State/ProofLLW IMP

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DescriptionOval background depicting woods with a curving path through them. Background is pale blue with Japanese silk tissue colle applied over it. Female figure wearing only a gold necklace, black bikini panties and knee-high boots or shoes and socks. She holds a large pair of scissors in her proper right hand, in the middle of giving herself a haircut. On her proper left side, her red hair comes down to mid-thigh. She’s cut it short on the right side and tramples several long strands under her proper eft foot.
Provenance

Provenance

C. Richard Belger and Evelyn Craft Belger, Kansas City, MO;

Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2013.

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