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  • Nest and Trees, 1997
    Kiki Smith (American, born 1954)
    Iris print

    20 x 22 in. (50.8 x 55.9 cm)
    Stewart S. MacDermott Fund, 1999 (1999.64)
    © 1997 Kiki Smith

    Known for her varied and innovative use of materials, Smith has experimented extensively with computer scanned and ink-jet printed images. She created this lyrical yet slightly ominous image of a nest and trees by scanning photographs onto a computer, manipulating the image, composition, and color, and then printing it on an Iris printer (an ink-jet printer used for the production of fine art prints). Although less emotionally charged, her weblike design recalls Jackson Pollock's famous dripped and poured compositions of the early 1950s.

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    Nest and Trees, 1997
    Kiki Smith (American, born 1954)
    Iris print

    20 x 22 in. (50.8 x 55.9 cm)
    Stewart S. MacDermott Fund, 1999 (1999.64)
    © 1997 Kiki Smith


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