id:			161492
accession number:	2000.16
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2000.16
updated:		2023-08-23 23:50:33.112000

Handful of Grains Map #6, 1997–1998. Yizhak Elyashiv (Israeli, b. 1964). Drypoint and punched plate printed in blue and black inks; sheet: 98.4 x 69.3 cm (38 3/4 x 27 5/16 in.); platemark: 89 x 60.1 cm (35 1/16 x 23 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of family and friends in memory of Clarence P. Bryan 2000.16 © Yizhak Elyashiv

title:				Handful of Grains Map #6
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creation date:			1997–1998
creation date earliest:		1997
creation date latest:		1998
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creditline:			Gift of family and friends in memory of Clarence P. Bryan
copyright:			© Yizhak Elyashiv

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culture:	Israel, 20th century
technique:	drypoint and punched plate printed in blue and black inks
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Drypoint
type:		Print
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* Yizhak Elyashiv (Israeli, b. 1964)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 98.4 x 69.3 cm (38 3/4 x 27 5/16 in.); Platemark: 89 x 60.1 cm (35 1/16 x 23 11/16 in.)
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Elyashiv creates maps by the simple gesture of throwing wheat grains onto the surface of plates and then puncturing the plates where the grains land. These dots are then connected with lines to construct a series of triangles, the lengths of which are recorded in a chart in a corner of the print. Elyashiv has linked nature and mathematics, randomness and control, to transform a fundamental human activity into a beautiful image reminiscent of star maps.
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