Bough and Cradle Falls (B.A.T)

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 2023.208.2

This artwork is known to be under copyright.

Location

Not on view

Did You Know?

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.