three separate pieces of paper jointed together; slightly abstracted outdoor scene with horizon line near center of image; pinkish sky at horizon line; vertical bare stems; silhouettes of flying birds; large perched black bird silhouette at left; vertical row of flowers at center; red flower in URC with red and black bird; blue water at bottom with reflections of stems; two blue rodent silhouettes

%C2%A9 2015 Emily Arthur

Black Water (with Dark Bird), 2015

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Color etching and screenprint with chine applique on glazed paperexpand_more

Gift of Loren G. Lipson, M.D.expand_more  2016.30.7

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Emily Arthur’s art communicates themes of exodus, environmental degradation, and a world of beauty and decay. It also presents issues of Native American migration, displacement, and resiliency. In this print, birds and flowers in warm early morning light evoke a place alive with possibilities, beauty, and creation, while in the cool blue below, rats and dead flowers represent the cycle of decay necessary for the life above.

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Title
Black Water (with Dark Bird)
Artist Life
(Cherokee), born 1972
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2016.30.7
Provenance
Loren Lipson, M.D.; given to MIA, 2016
Curator Approved

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three separate pieces of paper jointed together; slightly abstracted outdoor scene with horizon line near center of image; pinkish sky at horizon line; vertical bare stems; silhouettes of flying birds; large perched black bird silhouette at left; vertical row of flowers at center; red flower in URC with red and black bird; blue water at bottom with reflections of stems; two blue rodent silhouettes

© 2015 Emily Arthur

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