Toxic Totem I

Name/Title

Toxic Totem I

Entry/Object ID

2022.10.13

Description

Intaglio print in black and white with 1950s, 1960s houses in the top left hand corner and center right. An image of a woman with a recording device (c. 1900) and a Native American man dressed in fringed leather and a headdress decorated in eagle feathers who is sitting facing the recording devices mouthepiece (microphone). Behind the man and splitting the 1960s houses apart is a stack of 5 images ithat have the appearance of tarot cards. At the top of this stack is a radioactive sign. The bottom of the image has an image of an urban setting that includes signs for Route 66, Texaco, and other buisnesses. Across the top of this image are the words "Toxic Culture." The back of a camper trailer can be seen in the lower left hand corner of the image. On the back of the print written in pencil from left to right "9/20, "Toxic Totem I, Raomn Murillo, 06."

Type of Print

Intaglio

Artwork Details

Medium

Paper

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Kathryn Joan Reeves

Made/Created

Artist

Ramon Murillo

Date made

2006 - 2006

Edition

Edition

9/20

Edition Size

20

Edition Number

9

Dimensions

Height

11 in

Width

14 in

Color

Black, White, Gray