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Bough and Cradle Falls

2017

Kumi Korf

(American, b. 1937)
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Culture
America
Medium
intaglio, sugar lift, aquatint, stencils, and inked threads on Akatosashi paper
Measurements
Image: 80.2 x 24.8 cm (31 9/16 x 9 3/4 in.); Sheet: 93 x 24.8 cm (36 5/8 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 2023.208.1
Copyright
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
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The artist chose a thin Japanese Akatosashi paper for this print specifically because of its sheen and translucency.

Description

Bringing together influences from both Japanese traditional arts (for example, the scroll format of this print) and European modernism (for example, the abstracted forms), Kumi Korf’s primary inspiration is rooted in the natural world. In Bough and the Cradle Falls, an amorphic figure in saturated autumnal red gently tumbles down from the soft blue field, evoking the verses of the nursery rhyme, which is both somber and resonant.
An intaglio print and inked threads on vertically oriented paper feature two distinct, stacked color fields. The upper section of muted green contains a jagged gray band arcing from the left edge. Below, diagonal gray brushstrokes streak across warm yellow. A thin, looping red thread winds through the center, crossing a red organic form. In the bottom right, a dark green leaf sits above handwritten text identifying the work as "Bough and Cradle Falls."

Bough and Cradle Falls

2017

Kumi Korf

(American, b. 1937)
America

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