Asher and Friends Story #3

Name/Title

Asher and Friends Story #3

Entry/Object ID

1987.1.4

Description

Representational image of what appears to be a child flying through a cage filled with grasshoppers. Printed in black ink above the image of the flying child are these words: "Asher Hopper Horner." The child figure occupies the left central portion of the pictorial plane; its feet are located near the left vertical plane and its body extends into the central pictorial surface. A grasshopper can be seen in the left lower foreground, another in the background, and several in the foreground and background on the right half of the picture plane. Background field comprised of what appear to be horizontal and vertical bars, like small windows or prison bars. Beneath the barred surface there appears to be a corner couch or another seating apparatus.

Collection

Anderson Winter Show

Acquisition

Accession

1987.1

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Notes

Purchase, 1987 Anderson Winter Show

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Benjamin L. Darling

Role

Artist

Date made

circa 1986

Time Period

20th Century

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Image

Height

3-3/4 in

Width

5-7/8 in

Dimension Notes

9.125" x 11.125" Framed

Color

White, Black

Exhibition

EXH1987.1