portrait of face and hands of a woman with a wrinkled face, grey eyes, long pulled-back hair with short bangs, holding a large hot pink teardrop with the point in the corner of her PL eye; pink and black lines and smudges around edges of sheet; received in silver frame

Josephine, 1999

Kiki Smith; Printer: Harlan & Weaver, New York; Publisher: Harlan & Weaver, New Yorkexpand_more

Etching and spitbite aquatint in magenta and black inkexpand_more

Gift of Ann Marie Freemanexpand_more  2022.84.1

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Though perhaps better known as a sculptor, Kiki Smith regularly works in drawing, installation art, and printmaking, a medium she considers of key importance to her creative practice. In this mixed intaglio print, Smith's presents an anonymous woman (Josephine) in profound grief, shedding an oversize red teardrop that she cradles in her hands. Intended as metaphor, Smith's portrayal of grief is one of universal relevance, perhaps even more so today than in 1999 when she originally produced this print.

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Title
Josephine
Artist Life
American, born Germany, 1954
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2022.84.1
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portrait of face and hands of a woman with a wrinkled face, grey eyes, long pulled-back hair with short bangs, holding a large hot pink teardrop with the point in the corner of her PL eye; pink and black lines and smudges around edges of sheet; received in silver frame
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