Porter, Liliana. Man (To Be Embroidered), 1968. 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.). Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 2019.173. Copyrighted undefined.

Man (To Be Embroidered)

1968

Liliana Porter

Liliana Porter (Argentinian, b. 1941)

Prints

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 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. 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.

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Porter, Liliana
Classification: Print
Formatted Medium: etching, aquatint, and softground etching with yarn embroidery
Medium: etching, aquatint, softground, yarn, embroidery
Dimensions: 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.)
Inscribed: Inscription: inscribed, in pencil, at lower left: “Man” (to be embroidered) Inscription: at center: a/p signed and dated, in pencil, at lower right: Liliana Porter 68
Departments: Prints
Accession Number: 2019.173
Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Exhibitions: A Graphic Revolution: Prints and Drawings in Latin America
Rights Statement: Copyrighted undefined