Wish # 1. Wish # 2. Wish # 3.
Artist: Lorna Simpson (American, born 1960)
Publisher: 21 Steps, Portland, OR, 1994 (Jeff Ryan)
Printer: waterless lithography: 21 Steps, Portland, OR
Date: 1994
Dimensions:
box: 13 9/16 x 5 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. (344 x 136 x 54mm)
page: 13 x 4 3/4 in. (330 x 120mm)
element: 4 1/8 x 1 7/8 in. (104 x 47mm)
card: 3 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. (89 x 184mm)
Medium: Original objects: Wood box, felt (imprinted with waterless lithography), ceramic, bronze, and rubber
Reproductions: photolithographs of photographs (intro card)
Text: screenprinting (box lid); photolithography (intro card)
Paper: ivory cardstock (intro card)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of David W. Steadman in honor of the Peter Norton Family
Object number: 2000.36
Label Text:Lorna Simpson often incorporates everyday objects into her work in symbolic ways. The breastbone or ‘wishbone’ is an object of hope and desire. These three unbroken bones are carefully stored and still hold the potential for wishes fulfilled. However, the wishes are also presented in various states of permanence and value, through the mediums of ceramic, bronze, and rubber.
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