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2010.44.2.1 -.3
In Praise of Historical Determinism (I, II, & III) [Suite of three lithographs]
Artist
Richard Tuttle
(Rahway, New Jersey, 7/12/1941 - )
Title
In Praise of Historical Determinism (I, II, & III) [Suite of three lithographs]
Creation Date
1973-1974
Century
late 20th century
Object Type
prints
Creation Place
North America, United States
Medium and Support
lithograph on paper
Credit Line
Museum Purchase, Collectors’ Collaborative, the Art Collections Purchase Fund, and Gift from Thomas A. McKinley, Class of 2006, held in this fund
Copyright
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Accession Number
2010.44.2.1 -.3
In Praise of Historical Determinism I, II, III playfully combines the notion of a print as a printed image on paper and as an object/installation with two framed lithographs and a screenprint. The last element is designed to rest on the floor, entering the viewer’s space and emphatically declaring its own materiality, both in shape and color. The term “Historical Determinism” refers to the belief that events unfold according to predetermined sequences. Tuttle described the print as “an attempt to ‘say’ what history is, even as a suggestion of repetition, which we are ‘determined’ by and which can be expressed with a print.”
Object Description
Set of three prints, including two lithographs (framed), and a screenprint (with two wooden strips on the back) printed in color on Hayle Mill paper
