Rain, from the Shut-In Suite

Print

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Paul Harris Estate

Rain, from the Shut-In Suite, 1969, lithograph with Fasson yellow vinyl collage on Rives BFK paper, 30 x 22 inches, Photograph courtesy of Portland Art Museum

Rain, from the Shut-In Suite, 1969, lithograph with Fasson yellow vinyl collage on Rives BFK paper, 30 x 22 inches, Photograph courtesy of Portland Art Museum

Name/Title

Rain, from the Shut-In Suite

Entry/Object ID

361

Type of Print

Lithograph

Artwork Details

Medium

Lithograph with Fasson yellow vinyl collage on Rives BFK paper

Series

Shut-In Suite

Collection

Textiles

Made/Created

Artist Information

Paul Harris

Artist

William Law III

Role

Print Maker

Manufacturer

Tamarind Lithography Workshop

Date made

1969

Edition

Edition Size

Edition of 20, 9 TI, 1 BAT, 3 AP, 4 CTP*, 1 CP

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Previous PH Estate Inventory Number

Other Number

969.16

Dimensions

Height

30 in

Width

22 in

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Amon Carter Museum of American Art

Notes

Fort Worth, TX

Person or Organization

Holter Museum of Art

Notes

Helena, MT; Gift of Christopher and Nicholas Harris

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, 2023.27.1a

Person or Organization

San Antonio Museum of Art

Notes

TX; Gift of Nicholas and Christopher Harris

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>Paul Harris: Shut-In Suite</i>, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT, 2003
<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

Edition in Inventory (legacy)

Note

1. Inventory: 16/20, 17/20, 18/20, 19/20, 20/20, cancellation proof, artists proof, color trial proof 1, color trial proof 2, color trial proof 3, color trial proof 4, one wrapped cardboard back copy.

Note Type

Remarks

Note

“Although Paul Harris was part of the Bay Area Figurative Movement of artists, nary a human appears in his Shut-In Suite. Here, a bright yellow raincoat alludes to the figure who once wore it.” –Mary Weaver Chapin, PhD, Senior Curator of Prints & Drawings at 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