id:			159014
accession number:	1995.220.2
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.220.2
updated:		2023-03-15 15:46:22.833000

A Word Made Flesh: Front, 1994. Lesley Dill (American, b. 1950), printed by Landfall Press. Photolithograph, aquatint, etching, and sandpaper; sheet: 72 x 54.5 cm (28 3/8 x 21 7/16 in.); secondary support: 76.2 x 57 cm (30 x 22 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1995.220.2

title:				Front
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series:				A Word Made Flesh
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creation date:			1994
creation date earliest:		1994
creation date latest:		1994
current location:		230 Photography
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	photolithograph, aquatint, etching, and sandpaper
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Lithograph
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* Lesley Dill (American, b. 1950)  - artist

* Landfall Press  - publisher

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measurements: Sheet: 72 x 54.5 cm (28 3/8 x 21 7/16 in.); Secondary Support: 76.2 x 57 cm (30 x 22 7/16 in.)
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	description:	Japanese paper (Mulberry paper, stained with tea) hand-sewn on to wove paper (Arches)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	signed, lower left, in graphite: LESLEY DILL 1994 4/25 ; VERSO, by workshop, lower left, in graphite: LD-94-02
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Contemporary Prints: Recent Acquisitions
	opening date:   1997-04-19T00:00:00
	<i>Contemporary Prints: Recent Acquisitions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 19-July 21, 1997).

	title:		Fresh Prints: The Nineties to Now
	opening date:   2015-03-22T00:00:00
	<i>Fresh Prints: The Nineties to Now</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 22-July 26, 2015).

	title:		Photographs in Ink
	opening date:   2022-11-20T05:00:00
	<i>Photographs in Ink</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 20, 2022-April 2, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* The Cleveland Museum of Art (4/19/97 - 7/21/97); "Contemporary Prints:  Recent Acquisitions."<br>The Cleveland Museum of Art (3/22/2015 - 7/26/2015); "Fresh Prints: The Nineties to Now"

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PROVENANCE

	Charles M. Young Fine Prints & Drawings, LLC, Portland, CT
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: December 4, 1995
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wall description:
Lesley Dill makes full use of the photographic and printmaking possibilities of photomechanical processes. Each print here is produced with a variety of techniques layered atop one another. Similarly, the images are printed on different paper types stitched together with string. Technically and creatively, the artist weaves text throughout her work. The title of the suite comes from the Christian Bible (John 1:14) by way of poet Emily Dickinson: “And the Word was made flesh,” referring to Jesus as the embodiment of the Word of God. Passages from four Dickinson works are spelled out by Dill on images of a female body, combining photography, drawing, writing, and sewing to make new works.
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