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Feather Watch
Feather Watch
Feather Watch
Photograph and Ditital Image © Kalamazoo Institute of Arts. Not for reproduction or publication.
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Object number1986/7.3

Feather Watch

Artist (American, 1932 - 2020)
Date1983
Mediumlithograph
Dimensionsimage: 6 5/8 × 5 1/2 in. (16.8 × 14 cm)
sheet: 15 × 10 in. (38.1 × 25.4 cm)
mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Christopher Graf
Exhibition History"Surrealish: The Absurd and Unexpected," KIA Galleries 2 & 5 (June 4 - September 11, 2022)Label Text"There are at least three images in this exhibition that have a chess and/or checkerboard motif in them. Why do you think that imagery is popular in Surreal art? Is it a nod to the fantastical 1871 tale by Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass, the sequel to the author’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865)? Does it allude to the absurdity of life, suggesting that life is a game? Is it an homage to Dada artist and chess enthusiast Marcel Duchamp, whose work certainly had an influence on Surreal art?" [from the exhibition Surrealish: The Absurd and Unexpected, 2022]

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