Buster
Artist
Kelley Kapfer
(American, born 1952)
Printer
The Lawrence Lithography Workshop
(American, founded 1979)
MediumLithograph and collage on paper
DimensionsImage and sheet: 28 1/2 × 22 3/8 inches (72.39 × 56.85 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 number2024.9.74
Edition/State/ProofPP
On View
On viewGallery Location
- 214
Collections
DescriptionThe top paper has a vertical orange line – a man standing on a black and white mat? – next to a white vaguely architectural shape that’s superimposed on a sketch of a dog’s head facing right. A bit of the dog’s rear end is seen on the left, with its tail folding over the top page. A strong line of tan paper underneath these. The whole superimposed on a sheet of paper with a strong orange right edge. Black squiggles in three corners.Gallery LabelNot every print made at The Lawrence Lithography Workshop results from extended conversations and careful planning. Sometimes the process is simply about play and the joy of making a print. Kelley Kapfer had been a student of Michael Sims at the University of Kansas, where Sims taught in the 1970s. On a visit to Lawrence, Kapfer stopped by the shop. As Sims tells it: “We joked around and spontaneously made a print. We just had fun with the collage and faking the shadows. Buster will always be one of my favorites.”
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