id:			361496
accession number:	2019.173
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2019.173
updated:		2023-03-22 03:05:26.397000

Man (To Be Embroidered), 1968. Liliana Porter (Argentinian, b. 1941). Etching, aquatint, and softground etching with yarn embroidery; image: 25 x 18 cm (9 13/16 x 7 1/16 in.); plate: 63.5 x 45.5 cm (25 x 17 15/16 in.); sheet: 77 x 57.7 cm (30 5/16 x 22 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2019.173 © Liliana Porter

title:				Man (To Be Embroidered)
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creation date:			1968
creation date earliest:		1968
creation date latest:		1968
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
copyright:			© Liliana Porter

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culture:	Argentina
technique:	etching, aquatint, and softground etching with yarn embroidery
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Etching
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* Liliana Porter (Argentinian, b. 1941)  - artist
Argentine painter, collagist, and teacher, born 1941
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measurements: Image: 25 x 18 cm (9 13/16 x 7 1/16 in.); Plate: 63.5 x 45.5 cm (25 x 17 15/16 in.); Sheet: 77 x 57.7 cm (30 5/16 x 22 11/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	inscribed, in pencil, at lower left: “Man” (to be embroidered)
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	inscription:	at center: a/p signed and dated, in pencil, at lower right: Liliana Porter 68
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		A Graphic Revolution: Prints and Drawings in Latin America
	opening date:   2020-03-14T04:00:00
	<i>A Graphic Revolution: Prints and Drawings in Latin America</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 14-August 2, 2020).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Studio of the artist, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH through Sicardi Ayers Bacino, Houston, TX
	date: 1968-2019
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: September 9, 2019
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fun fact:
From the time she created this print in the 1960s, Liliana Porter has continued to incorporate string into her work in a variety of ways.

digital description:
The Argentinian artist Liliana Porter experimented with printmaking throughout her entire career. In works such as this one, she played on the boundaries of creating an object and representing an image by adding three-dimensional decoration to printed silhouettes. The embroidery seen here had domestic, feminine associations that countered the masculine form, which the artist associated with alienation.

wall description:
Liliana Porter has worked extensively in the graphic arts and co-founded a printshop in New York that became an important center for conceptual printmaking. In artworks like this one, she focuses on breaking down the barriers between idea, materials, and object by layering a man’s silhouette with patterned embroidery. The traditionally feminine associations of the technique contrast with the image itself, allowing her to engage important questions about art making while pointedly reflecting her status as a woman.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Bazzano-Nelson, Florencia. Liliana Porter and the Art of Simulation. Aldershot, England: Ashgate, 2008.
	page number: 	mentioned p. 24, p. 41n 46
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	Exhibitions--Extended Dates. “A Graphic Revolution: Prints and Drawings in Latin America.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>60, no. 3 (Summer 2020): 4-5.
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 5.
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