Sierra Monoprint--Unforeseen / Drawn
Artist
Susan Rankaitis
(American, born 1949)
Date1981
MediumMixed media on photographic paper
DimensionsImage and sheet: 23 15/16 × 19 15/16 inches (60.8 × 50.64 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.4165
InscribedSignature
Signed in artist's hand
Back of Print
Notations
"Inglewood, California. Mixed media on photographic base. Unique image"
Back of Print
On View
Not on viewCollections
Terms
Rotation 25. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, October 19, 2018- March 17, 2019, no cat.
Susan Rankaitis’s work draws upon a variety of influences: science, technology, and landscape
traditions. Rankaitis made this unique, cameraless image by pouring various chemicals onto silver gelatin paper. The chemical reaction produced rich striations of copper, ochre, blue, and rose. The final print might suggest the colorful veins of sedimentary rocks, color field paintings, or ink overlays of Chinese scrolls. The metallic surface of makes references to both nature and technology.
Purchased from fotomann, Inc. by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1987;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2005.
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2005.
Copyright© Susan Rankaitis
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