Ladder
Artist/Maker
Marie Watt
(American, Seneca, b. 1967)
Date2005
MediumColor woodcut
DimensionsImage: 7 15/16 × 5 15/16 in. (20.2 × 15.1 cm)
Sheet: 16 1/2 × 14 in. (41.9 × 35.6 cm)
Sheet: 16 1/2 × 14 in. (41.9 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Driek (OC 1965) and Michael (OC 1964) Zirinsky
Edition1/20
Object number2023.1.22
Status
On viewWatt is best known for her sculptures made from used blankets and tin jingles. In this print, Watt combines her material interest in textile with her background in printmaking, using a sewing roulette wheel to puncture the woodblock from which these prints were made.
ProvenanceDriek and Michael Zirinsky, Boise, ID; by gift 2023 to Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OHExhibition History
Border Crossings: Contemporary Art from the Zirinsky Collection
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (January 10, 2025 - June 1, 2025 )
Collections
- Modern & Contemporary
- On View
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postmarked July 4, 1958
postmarked February 24, 1957