Samech, 1998

  • Lynne Avadenka, American, born 1955
  • Lynne Avadenka, American, born 1955
  • Land Marks Press, American

Etching, aquatint, drypoint, mezzotint, and monoprint printed in color ink on wove paper

  • Sheet: 12 1/8 × 18 1/8 inches (30.8 × 46 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, with funds from Beverly Baker in memory of Morris D. Baker

1999.24.15

Embossed, below papier collé, lower left: ס‎ [Hebrew character Samech]

Printed, in red ink, papier collé, left half of the sheet: SAGITTARIUS | SUPPORT | KISLEV | BENJAMIN | SLEEP Printed, in black ink, on the same sheet of papier collé, just to the right of the text printed in red: WHAT DOES IT MEAN | TO BE GIVEN A PROMISE | WHOSE EXISTENCE IS | EPHEMERAL, TEMPORARY? | COLORS SHIMMER, | WINK AT | THE SUN AND THE RAIN, | THEN VANISH.

1999-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Lynne Avadenka, Samech, 1998, etching, aquatint, drypoint, mezzotint, and monoprint printed in color ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, with funds from Beverly Baker in memory of Morris D. Baker, 1999.24.15.