Marisol (Marisol Escobar) (American, born France, 1930-2016)
printed by Ben Berns and Mike Kuhno
published by Universal Limited Art Editions (American, founded 1955)
The Kiss
INV-9793
Marisol (Marisol Escobar) (American, born France, 1930-2016)
printed by Ben Berns and Mike Kuhno
published by Universal Limited Art Editions (American, founded 1955)1965
lithographprint
Date
1965
Medium
Color lithograph from three stones on white wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 30.5 × 26 cm (12 1/16 × 10 1/4 in.); Sheet: 57 × 44 cm (22 1/2 × 17 3/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
U.L.A.E. Collection acquired through a challenge grant of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dittmer; purchased with funds provided by supporters of the Department of Prints and Drawings; Centennial Endowment; Margaret Fisher Endowment Fund
In this print, Marisol juxtaposed negative and positive space to create perceptual reversals that are especially poignant when one discovers that the shapes are the artist's face and hands. In Marisol's work throughout the 1960s and 1970s, hands and fingers recur as signifiers of autoerotic content.
Also notable
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Diptych (top section)
Marisol (Marisol Escobar) (American, born France, 1930-2016) printed by Zigmunds Priede (American, born Latvia, 1935) published by Universal Limited Art Editions (American, founded 1955)
The Death of Head and Leg
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