Two Swans
Artist
Russell Ferguson
(American, born 1955)
Printer
The Lawrence Lithography Workshop
(American, founded 1979)
Publisher
Tim S. Brown, d.b.a. Telephonebooth Gallery
(born 1964)
Date2015
MediumLithograph on Rives BFK white paper
DimensionsImage: 22 × 22 1/2 inches (55.88 × 57.15 cm)
Sheet: 22 3/8 × 24 inches (56.85 × 60.96 cm)
Sheet: 22 3/8 × 24 inches (56.85 × 60.96 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 number2024.9.29
Edition/State/ProofLLW
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DescriptionIn the foreground, a cygnet with folded wings (left) and an adult swan with outstretched wings (right) stand, beaks down, on a mirrored surface. A woman in a black bodysuit stands at the right with her proper bent left arm reaches toward the adult swan. She has black hair and a pillbox hat. A boy squats to her left. There are a lot of small figures and possibly heads around the swans but it’s hard to say what the spatial relationship is between them. In the middle ground, a figure of indeterminate gender squats against a wall topped with a fence; its legs, too, are reflected in the mirrored surface. Behind the wall and fence, a street scene with people and buildings.Provenance
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