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Pressed Iron Blossom No. 2

2005

Willie Cole

(American, b. 1955)
publisher

Tamarind Press

Culture
America
Medium
color lithograph
Measurements
Platemark: 56.5 x 76.5 cm (22 1/4 x 30 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Joan Tomkins and William Busta 2023.146
State
Only
Edition
Edition of 90
Copyright
Copyright
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print
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Did You Know?

In addition to lithography, the technique used to make this work, Willie Cole has also created prints using actual hot irons.

Description

This print features imagery evoking the scorch marks of a steam iron arranged to form a decorative floral pattern. This motif is one with longstanding interest to Willie Cole, who uses it to reference the domestic work undertaken by the women in his family employed as housekeepers, as well as the marks used to brand slaves during transport.
A horizontally oriented color lithograph depicts a centered, symmetrical blossom on white paper. Pointed oval shapes in vivid yellow, pastel pink, and medium blue overlap, creating secondary greens and oranges. Most petals feature rows of white, oval-shaped dots along their edges. Translucent inks layer to form a dense, radial pattern, leaving the page corners blank. Handwritten numbers sit at the lower left and a cursive signature at the lower right.

Pressed Iron Blossom No. 2

2005

Willie Cole, Tamarind Press

(American, b. 1955)
America

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