Ephemera Series #2, The Negative and Positive Aspects of Immortality
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1974
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Medium: Etching.
Print Image Size: 23 3/4 x 35 7/8 inches.
Print Edition: 10 (with 2 artist's proofs).
Alternate Medium: Color photo-etching.
Ink(s): brown, black.
Support: wove paper.
A mirrored composition of President Richard Nixon with newspaper text pertaining to the Watergate scandal, the negative image on the left and positive on the right. The large headline at the top reads "Tape Deepens Nixon's Dilemma." Maggots cover the entire image, with some of them inverted depending upon which side they appear. A more distorted depiction of Nixon is seen in Ephemera Series #3 [CMA 2013.057.045].
Print Image Size: 23 3/4 x 35 7/8 inches.
Print Edition: 10 (with 2 artist's proofs).
Alternate Medium: Color photo-etching.
Ink(s): brown, black.
Support: wove paper.
A mirrored composition of President Richard Nixon with newspaper text pertaining to the Watergate scandal, the negative image on the left and positive on the right. The large headline at the top reads "Tape Deepens Nixon's Dilemma." Maggots cover the entire image, with some of them inverted depending upon which side they appear. A more distorted depiction of Nixon is seen in Ephemera Series #3 [CMA 2013.057.045].