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A Smaller Space

1991

Curlee Raven Holton

(American, b. 1951)
printer

Robert Blackburn Workshop, New York, NY

Culture
America
Medium
color etching
Measurements
Platemark: 56.5 x 75.6 cm (22 1/4 x 29 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Joan Tomkins and William Busta 2023.147
Copyright
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
Print
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Did You Know?

Curlee Raven Holton visited the Cleveland Museum of Art during field trips as a young man and described how he “would discover something new each time.”

Description

Raised in Cleveland, artist Curlee Raven Holton created this print during time that he spent working with legendary printer Robert Blackburn in New York City. It features a skeletal form curled at its extremities to fit awkwardly within the frame of the printing plate. The composition exemplifies Holton’s interest in using the body as a means of, in his words, “re-humanizing . . . African Americans.”
A horizontally oriented print depicts a dark, silhouetted figure arching over a central light-blue rectangle with vertical lines. The thick black figure frames the top and sides against a white background. Along the upper center, vertical scrapings suggest a rib cage above fingers reaching into the blue space. A large hand and foot occupy the bottom corners. Textured ink defines the entire figure, which spans from edge to edge.

A Smaller Space

1991

Curlee Raven Holton, Robert Blackburn Workshop, New York, NY

(American, b. 1951)
America

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