It's Alive
Print
1980 (made)
1980 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
James E. Claussen is an accomplished printmaker who specialises in etching and lithography. His subjects - often animated scenes of industrial architecture and tools of various kinds - have a playful surreal quality.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | It's Alive (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Lithograph on paper |
| Brief description | Lithograph by James E. Claussen, entitled 'It's Alive'. American, 1980 |
| Physical description | Various tools and implements (tripod, scissors, anvil, vice, wrench, scales etc) silhouetted against a blank sky above an industrial landscape silhouetted on the horizon. |
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| Copy number | 12/27 |
| Marks and inscriptions | Its alive 12/27 James Claussen 80 (Title; edition number; signature and date; all in pencil) |
| Credit line | Given by the artist |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | James E. Claussen is an accomplished printmaker who specialises in etching and lithography. His subjects - often animated scenes of industrial architecture and tools of various kinds - have a playful surreal quality. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.656-2009 |
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| Record created | February 1, 2010 |
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