Accession Number
1976/2.106

Title
Untitled

Artist(s)
John A. Chamberlain

Artist Nationality
American (North American)

Object Creation Date
1973

Medium & Support
lithograph on mylar

Dimensions
9 in x 12 in (22.9 cm x 30.5 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Robert Rauschenberg

Subject matter
This print was included in a portfolio of work by 30 artists created as part of a fundraising effort for the project, Experiments in Art and Technology.  In this print, Chamberlain draws on his interest in using industrial materials and found objects.  Chamberlain is perhaps most well-known for working in a "junk art" style in which he created sculptures of crumpled car chassis and paintings with spray paint on found materials.  In this print, Chamberlain draws on similar themes, showing a piece of crumpled paper printed on mylar, bringing to mind ideas of consumer consumption, waste and violence.

Physical Description
This print shows a blue, black and white form printed on transparent plastic.  The form is roughly ball-shaped, looking like a piece of crumpled paper.  There are faint traces of text in the middle of the form and towards the left side.

Primary Object Classification
Print

Collection Area
Modern and Contemporary

Rights
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Keywords
The New York Collection for Stockholm
found objects
modern and contemporary art
portfolios (groups of works)
waste paper