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Love

Artist Akio Takamori (Japanese, 1950 - 2017)
Printer The Lawrence Lithography Workshop (American, founded 1979)
Date2009
MediumArchival ink jet and hand lithograph on Somerset Enhanced paper
DimensionsImage: 20 5/8 × 26 inches (52.4 × 66.04 cm)
Sheet: 22 × 31 1/4 inches (55.88 × 79.38 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 number2024.9.196
Edition/State/ProofProof
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionThis unique archival ink jet and hand-worked, hand-painted and signed lithograph proof depicts two figures from the shoulders up, foreheads touching. They are posed in front of black and blue background. Three long vertical drips of blue extend down past the image to the lower margin. A third vertical blue drip extends from the shoulder of the figure on the right down to near the lower edge of the composition.Provenance
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