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Not Seeing the Trees for the Forest

Richard Mock

Artwork Details

Not Seeing the Trees for the Forest
January 15, 1981
Richard Mock
print on paper
26 x 20 in. (66.04 x 50.8 cm);23 3/4 x 5 7/8 in. (60.33 x 14.92 cm)
Transfer from the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design
2021/1.86.10

Description

Physical Description:

Printed in black, a tree trunk wearing glasses with branches for ears and a nose and evergreen foliage on top sits on a tall chair, its trunk spiraling around one of the chair legs before being rooted in the ground. The tree holds an object in its lap and a bird on the edge of the chair. Beneath the chair are other trees, and there are mountains and a sun in the background.

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