Fiddling Desire

Artist Edward Henderson (American, born 1951)

Printer The Lawrence Lithography Workshop (American, founded 1979)

Date1997

MediumLithograph with hand coloring on Somerset satin white paper

DimensionsImage: 23 1/2 × 18 1/2 inches (59.69 × 46.99 cm)
Sheet: 32 × 26 inches (81.28 × 66.04 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust through the George H. and Elizabeth O. Davis Fund and the Andrew Atterbury and Gwen Prentice Fund

Object number2024.9.51

Edition/State/Proof5/25

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DescriptionA vegetable form with a round green bottom and a long brown stem leaning to the right sits on a support of short wood planks leading away from the viewer and giving depth to the scene. A short wood plank to the right is propped up in the plant and supports a small “dumbbell” of green matter. The background is pebbled stones mostly in shades of blue. Two prints appear near the top of the print – a red pitcher on the left and something in cream, yellow, and red on the right. (I cannot for the life of me put a name to it.) It is unclear whether the prints are attached to the pebbled background or float in front of it.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Lawrence Lithography Workshop: Highlights from the Archive. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO. December 21, 2024 - June 22, 2025.

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