University Art Museum at New Mexico State University

University Art Museum at New Mexico State University

Las Cruces, New Mexico

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The World is my Grapefruit by Esther K Smith Dikko Faust
  • Esther K Smith Dikko Faust
  • The World is my Grapefruit, 1992
  • Letterpress on cardstock
  • 6 x 4.25 in (15.24 x 10.8 cm)
  • Signature: Verso
  • Inv: 1994.04.151
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Recto: figure is seated, about to eat a grapefruit. Instructions at the bottom of the page read, "HOLD THIS CARD UP TO A BRIGHT LIGHT." Once one does that they can see the world through the grapefruit.
Colors: golden yellow, aqua, red, lime green.
Verso: text shares information on printer, image, and artist. There is the graphic of the world with blue lines leading to a postage stamp in the URC.

Photos stored digitally in "Permanent Collections Images" file on UAG server.

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