Peep Show
- Letterpress on cardstock
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4.25 x 6.125 in
(10.8 x 15.56 cm)
- Esther K Smith Dikko Faust
An interactive postcard in which viewer is instructed to "Hold [the card] up to bright light." Once done the viewer is greeted with the silhouette of a urinating cherub which was printed on the verso. Recto: Graphic style rendering of two figures: Right foreground is a close up of a startled woman. The background is a cherub sitting on a rock as he paints on a large scroll. His vantage point is directed towards a building with a window, created by negative space, from which the viewer can see the urinating cherub. The artist used hatching to create dimension in the figures and environment. Line work is done in a stone blue, highlight in the negative space of the paper and mid tones in yellow.
Verso: same rendering style of the front but with two-tone coloring-yellow and blue line work on the white of the paper. Image includes a close up of a woman with a fan, similar to Recto, a horned dog chained to a post, and a man in a suit holding the image of the urinating cherub to his face. Text provides info on artist, printer, type, edition, and piece.
Horizon & Peter Krunty's Grec Adornado Type
- Edition: M/300
- Created: 1989
- Inventory Number: 1994.04.152
- Collections: Modern and Contemporary Art Collection, Paper Works