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Whales

Joanne Leonard

Artwork Details

Whales
2012
Joanne Leonard
inkjet print on paper
24 in x 36 in (60.96 cm x 91.44 cm);21 1/2 in x 32 in (54.61 cm x 81.28 cm)
Gift of the artist
2016/2.156

Description

Subject Matter:

The text accompanying the image reads: July 3, 2012, news photo: A dead blue whale...Sri Lanka...tail nearly severed, Mazdak Rajainia, New York Times. Book reproduction: "Moby Dick or the Blue Whale," Herman Melville with illustrations by Rockwell Kent, Modern Library, 1930 and 1958.

Physical Description:

Image of a book lying open to a page featuring an illustration of a whale. A newsclipping featuring a photo of a whale lies on the book across the open page.  

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