Print, Skeletal, woodblock collograph, Stephen Talasnik, 1991

Print, group of various armature-like structures printed in reddish tones.

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Given by the American Friends of the V&A through the generosity of Mindy and Ramon Tüblitz

The Rutgers Archives for Printmaking Studios was established at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum in 1982 as a repository for prints and supplementary materials relating to an outstanding group of contemporary American printmaking workshops. They commissioned and in some cases published the prints. This print is one of a group purchased over a period of years by Mr and Mrs Ramon Tüblitz, and subsequently donated to the V&A through the American Friends of the V&A. Mr Tüblitz is a Trustee of the Zimmerli Art Museum.

Stephen Talasnik was born in 1954 in Philadelphia, where his early interest in architecture and engineering was nurtured by the bridges, tunnels, and sports stadiums of his old neighborhood. Talasnik is particularly interested in the process of invention. Depicting a "fictional engineering," he relies on his own intuitive mathematics to create intricate structures rather than using computer programs; he seeks to pay homage to the history of building and transportation.

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