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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M24311
People
Alice Aycock, American (Harrisburg, Penn. born 1946)
Title
The Story of O
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1987
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/189267

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Screen print
Dimensions
sheet: 107.2 x 76.9 cm (42 3/16 x 30 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • legend: under each of nine elements in the design, black printers ink, screen printed, in artist's hand: O DIVINES HERSELF WITH THE PALM OF HER HAND / SHE BECOMES THE LETTER "O" BURSTING WITH SUNSO DIVINES HERSELF WITH A CRYSTAL / SHE BECOMES A CIRCLE OF FLOWERS.O DIVINES HERSELF WITH THE FLIGHT OF BIRDS / SHE BECOMES A CIRCLE OF RIBBON CANDY.O DIVINES HERSELF WITH TEA LEAVES / SHE BECOMES A CIRCLE OF SERPENTS.O DIVINES HERSELF WITH SNAKES / SHE BECOMES A CIRCLE OF RIBBONSO DIVINES HERSELF WITH FIRE / SHE BECOMES A CIRCLE OF TRUMPETSO DIVINES HERSELF / WITH CLOUDS. SHE BECOMES ARCHITECTUREO DIVINES HERSELF WITH LIQUIDS / SHE BECOMES A RING OF MIRRORS.O DIVINES HERSELF WITH BONES. / SHE BECOMES A CIRCLE OF BUBBLES.
  • inscription: yes, along the lower edge of the sheet, graphite, handwritten, signed, in artist's hand: 17/20 [title underlined] The Story of O Alice Aycock / 1987

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Sarah-Ann and Werner H. Kramarsky, New York, New York, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, December 17, 1999.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Sarah-Ann and Werner H. Kramarsky
Accession Year
1999
Object Number
M24311
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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