Just Watch and See
Print
1985 (made)
1985 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Ida Applebroog (born 1929) first became known in the 1970s for making small books in which she presented her own disjunctive 'narratives'. These were the precursors to larger works - paintings and prints - which were made up of two or more parts, creating a kind of large-scale comic strip. As a feminist, she took her subjects from the apparently trivial details of everyday life.
This print, which is a diptych made up of two images on separate sheets, has the bold painterly graphic style of her paintings. By using two near identical images, of differing scales, she also suggests analogies with film and animation, and she has since worked in these media. She has said "I use a lot of repetition. And the repetition becomes a filmic way of talking because as you put one image after the other, even though it’s the exact identical image, everyone sees something changing from one image to the next."
This print, which is a diptych made up of two images on separate sheets, has the bold painterly graphic style of her paintings. By using two near identical images, of differing scales, she also suggests analogies with film and animation, and she has since worked in these media. She has said "I use a lot of repetition. And the repetition becomes a filmic way of talking because as you put one image after the other, even though it’s the exact identical image, everyone sees something changing from one image to the next."
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Just Watch and See (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Lithograph on two sheets with watercolour additions by hand |
| Brief description | Ida Applebroog: 'Just watch and see', 1985 (print in two parts) |
| Physical description | Series: Just Watch and See. An image in two parts printed by John Nichols, New York, with hand-washed additions by the artist, and published by Strother/Elwood Editions, Brooklyn. Signed and dated in pencil Ida Applebroog 1985, numbered 13/40, and on E.360 blind stamped with the publisher's mark. One sheet from lithograph on 2 sheets. Techniques: Lithograph on two sheets with watercolour additions by hand. Each sheet 56.2 x 74.7 cm |
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| Style | |
| Marks and inscriptions | Blind stamped with the publisher's mark |
| Production | Published by Strother/Elwood Editions Series Date: 1985 |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | Ida Applebroog (born 1929) first became known in the 1970s for making small books in which she presented her own disjunctive 'narratives'. These were the precursors to larger works - paintings and prints - which were made up of two or more parts, creating a kind of large-scale comic strip. As a feminist, she took her subjects from the apparently trivial details of everyday life. This print, which is a diptych made up of two images on separate sheets, has the bold painterly graphic style of her paintings. By using two near identical images, of differing scales, she also suggests analogies with film and animation, and she has since worked in these media. She has said "I use a lot of repetition. And the repetition becomes a filmic way of talking because as you put one image after the other, even though it’s the exact identical image, everyone sees something changing from one image to the next." |
| Associated object | E.359-1988 (Part) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.360-1988 |
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| Record created | November 24, 2008 |
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