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Fork-Making Machine and Russian Montage

Joanne Leonard

Artwork Details

Fork-Making Machine and Russian Montage
2011
Joanne Leonard
inkjet print on paper
24 in x 37 in (60.96 cm x 93.98 cm);21 1/2 in x 31 in (54.61 cm x 78.74 cm)
Gift of the artist
2016/2.151

Description

Subject Matter:

The text accompanying the image reads: February 13, 2011, news photo: "Worker at the Sherrill Manufacturing flatware factory in Sherrill, N.Y., which closed its doors eight months ago," Dick Blume, 'Post Standard.' Book reproduction: "Electricification of the Entire Country," Gustav Klutsis, 1920, in "Soviet Practice 1919-1937," by M.Tupitsyn in "Montage and Modern Life 1919-1942," ed. Matthew Teitelbaum (MIT Press, 1992)

Physical Description:

Image of a book lying open to a page featuring a man next to a drawing of a factory. A newsclipping featuring the image of a man working at a factory lies on the book across the open page.  

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