id: 162502 accession number: 2003.15.2 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.15.2 updated: 2023-04-22 12:24:36.005000 Suit Shopping: An Engraved Narrative: Scenes 3, 4, and 5, 2000–2002. Andrew Raftery (American, b. 1962). Three sheets of paper joined by tape, each with a printed scene; engraving from four plates on four sheets of paper (three joined); paper folder; sheet: 49.4 x 107.4 cm (19 7/16 x 42 5/16 in.); platemark: 37.8 x 23.3 cm (14 7/8 x 9 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of friends in memory of Ann Bassett and Tom Johnson 2003.15.2 © Courtesy of the Artist and Mary Ryan Gallery, New York, NY title: Suit Shopping: An Engraved Narrative: Scenes 3, 4, and 5 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 2000–2002 creation date earliest: 2000 creation date latest: 2002 current location: creditline: Gift of friends in memory of Ann Bassett and Tom Johnson copyright: © Courtesy of the Artist and Mary Ryan Gallery, New York, NY --- culture: America, late 20th-early 21st century technique: three sheets of paper joined by tape, each with a printed scene; engraving from four plates on four sheets of paper (three joined); paper folder department: Prints collection: PR - Engraving type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Andrew Raftery (American, b. 1962) - artist --- measurements: Sheet: 49.4 x 107.4 cm (19 7/16 x 42 5/16 in.); Platemark: 37.8 x 23.3 cm (14 7/8 x 9 3/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: 1 plate, single sheet: in graphite, lower margin: 9/30 Andrew Raftery 2002. 3 plates on 3 sheets joined together: in graphite, lower margin: 9/30 Andrew Raftery 2002 translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Fresh Prints: The Nineties to Now opening date: 2015-03-22T00:00:00 Fresh Prints: The Nineties to Now. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 22-July 26, 2015). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * The Cleveland Museum of Art (3/22/2015 - 7/26/2015); "Fresh Prints: The Nineties to Now" --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Raftery depicts the habits and mores of average Americans- the ordinary events of modern life-often humorously. "Shopping for a suit is a cultural remnant, it is an event in a man's life," the artist explains. "I was thinking about male vanity." Raftery presents such mundane situations as straightforward, old-fashioned narratives, allowing the story to unfold in a series of related scenes. Engraving is exacting and difficult, so few artists today choose this printmaking method. Raftery, however, has mastered the art of cutting grooves into a copper plate. Since paper currency is printed from metal plates engraved in the same way, he likes the implied connection between the technique and monetary power and authority. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES