El Cemetario Central, from the Shut-In Suite

Print

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Paul Harris Estate

El Cemetario Central, from the Shut-In Suite, 1970, lithograph on Copperplate Deluxe paper, 31 x 22 inches, Photograph courtesy of Portland Art Museum

El Cemetario Central, from the Shut-In Suite, 1970, lithograph on Copperplate Deluxe paper, 31 x 22 inches, Photograph courtesy of Portland Art Museum

Name/Title

El Cemetario Central, from the Shut-In Suite

Entry/Object ID

390

Type of Print

Lithograph

Artwork Details

Medium

Lithograph on Copperplate Deluxe paper

Series

Shut-In Suite

Collection

Florals

Made/Created

Artist Information

Paul Harris

Artist

Ed Hamilton

Role

Print Maker

Manufacturer

Tamarind Lithography Workshop

Date made

1970

Edition

Edition Size

Edition of 25, 9 TI, 1 BAT, 1 AP, 1 TP, 6 CTP* on various papers, 1 CP

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Previous PH Estate Inventory Number

Other Number

970.06

Dimensions

Height

31 in

Width

22 in

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Amon Carter Museum of American Art

Notes

Fort Worth, Texas

Person or Organization

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Notes

CA; Museum Purchase with County Funds

Person or Organization

Museum of Modern Art

Notes

New York, NY; Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.

Person or Organization

Newark Public Library

Notes

NJ; Gift of Mr. Nicholas Harris, 11/2002

Person or Organization

Portland Art Museum

Notes

OR; A Gift from Marguerite Kirk Harris from her collection of Paul Harris Art, 2023.27.1o

Person or Organization

University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Notes

CA; Gift of Christopher Harris and Nicholas Harris

Related Entries

Entry

The Shut-In Suite

Exhibitions

<i>Paul Harris: Sculpture & Lithographs</i>, Poindexter Gallery, New York, NY, April 25–May 21, 1970
<i>Celebrating Sculpture: Posters and Original Prints by Sculptors for Appreciation of the Fine Art of Sculpture</i>, Newark Public Library, NJ, February 8–March 29, 2003
<i>Pairs: Seeing Doubles</i>, The White Chapel, Bozeman, MT, April 26–28, 2017
<i>Paul Harris: Selected Lithographs and Bronzes</i>, Paul Harris and Marguerite Kirk Gallery, Belgrade, MT, June 5–August 8, 2021
<i>Selected Lithographs & Bronzes by Paul Harris Art</i>, Medium Gallery, Bozeman, MT, 2022
<i>Paul Harris: Shut-In Suite, 1969–1970</i>, Portland Art Museum, OR, November 20, 2025–June 7, 2026

General Notes

Note Type

Title Note

Note

KJ updated the title to El Cemetario Central from El Cematario Central on 12.3.2025 to reflect the Tamarind Institute print documentation. This is likely a misspelling of the Spanish word: Cementario.

Note Type

Edition in Inventory (legacy)

Note

15/25 - 21/25, 23/25 - 25/25, COLOR TRIAL PROOFS- 6, COLOR SEPARATION-1, COLOR SEPARATION CANCELLATION

Note Type

Remarks

Note

“Paul Harris served as a Fulbright Professor at the Pontificia Universidad Católica in Santiago, Chile, in 1961–62. Perhaps his memory of the historic and storied Cemeterio General de Santiago served as his inspiration for this print, or maybe it was the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, just steps from the Tamarind Print studio.” —Mary Weaver Chapin, PhD, Senior Curator of Prints & Drawings at the Portland Art Museum Chronology Excerpt: “Receives a ninety-day Tamarind Institute of Lithography fellowship in Los Angeles, California, and, under the supervision of Master Printer Serge Lozingot, completes The Shut-In Suite, twenty-one lithographs in black tusche and crayon. In a 1976 interview with Los Angeles County Museum of Art curator Maurice Tuchman for the Archives of American Art on the occasion of Richard Diebenkorn, Harris says of the residency, ‘When I was working at Tamarind, I invited Dick to come there . . . I had been there a couple of months, three months, and I was about out of my head . . . I had a fight with the proprietor [June Wayne] . . . I took off . . . I couldn’t stand it anymore . . . I arrive back at the last day . . . and Dick came out, to say, “well everyone is waiting for you.” But he was very shy and was trying to tell me that inside there was a lot of tension when I would arrive . . . And it was the kind of thing that he hopes won’t happen, but it was also kind of exciting to them . . . when things don't go smoothly. When people have shown their sharp edges. . . .’ “In November, an exhibition of the material opens. The promotional text reads, ‘A shut-in’s intimate reflections on his environment. Harris’ [<i>sic</i>] crisp images appear as still lifes seen through a zoom lens: the views are cropped and flattened . . . The combination of flat patterns and implied dimension causes each work to shift between an abstract and a representational identity. This quality is strong in “Lawn Party” where the image is flat grassy green topped by broad green and white stripes suggesting the corner of an awning. In another, “Rain” (printed on yellow vinyl) red and blue floral wallpaper delineates a hanging raincoat.’”

Created By

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Create Date

September 5, 2025

Updated By

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Update Date

September 16, 2026