Learning To Smoke (proof)
Artist
Judy Hill
(born Galveston, Texas, 1953)
Date1999
MediumXerox transfer, aquatint acrylic resist, drypoint, and monoprint on paper
DimensionsSheet Overall: 17 7/8 x 12 5/8 in. (45.4 x 32.1 cm)
ClassificationsPrint
Credit LinePartial gift of Marcia Bartholme, Beta Press and partial Museum purchase
Object number2001.41.150
DescriptionWoman in blue in full skirt decorated with a red pattern and wearing a long red veil smoking a cigarette. Background is abstract clouds in red, black and orange. Per printer's notes on work "Last color proof before Judy abandoned the wedding dress for learning to smoke. Xerox transfer plate for lace texture. Shows 2nd cloud plate" Also printing order noted "1. rain / 2. smoke pink blue cloud color / 3. dress / 4. spit/drypoint" and color notes "top/red clouds/purple clouds/bottom // indigo/prussian/blue black"On View
Not on view
Proof/Proof
