Lithograph and screenprint in 16 layers on the backside of the paper with irregular edges cut using a template creating a tromp-l'oeil depiction of the words "Something Real Authentic True" in transparent Scotch brand tape dirtied with dust and fingerprints. Printing order: Run 1: Drawing using dust, hair, and fibers to create a positive lithographic plate printed in dark gray. Run 2: Drawing using the artist's fingerprints in ink to create a positive lithographic plate printed in brown and gray using the split fountain technique. Runs 3-8: Drawing made with Rubylith brand tape to create vertical letter strokes on a screen and printed 6 times to build physical thickness in very transparent yellowish green gloss screen printing ink. Runs 9-14: Drawing made with Rubylith brand tape to create horizontal and diagonal letter strokes on a screen and printed 6 times to build physical thickness in very transparent yellowish green gloss screenprinting ink.

Copyright %C2%A9 Todd Norsten%2C published by Highpoint Editions

Something Real Authentic True, 2011

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Title
Something Real Authentic True
Artist Life
born 1967
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2020.85.91
Provenance
Highpoint Editions, Minneapolis (publisher); sold to MIA, 2020.
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Lithograph and screenprint in 16 layers on the backside of the paper with irregular edges cut using a template creating a tromp-l'oeil depiction of the words "Something Real Authentic True" in transparent Scotch brand tape dirtied with dust and fingerprints. Printing order: Run 1: Drawing using dust, hair, and fibers to create a positive lithographic plate printed in dark gray. Run 2: Drawing using the artist's fingerprints in ink to create a positive lithographic plate printed in brown and gray using the split fountain technique. Runs 3-8: Drawing made with Rubylith brand tape to create vertical letter strokes on a screen and printed 6 times to build physical thickness in very transparent yellowish green gloss screen printing ink. Runs 9-14: Drawing made with Rubylith brand tape to create horizontal and diagonal letter strokes on a screen and printed 6 times to build physical thickness in very transparent yellowish green gloss screenprinting ink.

Copyright © Todd Norsten, published by Highpoint Editions