The Confusion of Christopher

"The Confusion of Christopher" (Overall shot): A medium-large vertically oriented print depicting the silhouette of two figures and a cat/ghost flouting above them facing the figure to the right. The left figure wears a red skirt and bow, presumably female, juxtapose a striped phallic shape coming out from under her skirt. The figure on the right is holding onto a purse with polkadots and has a shocked express observable though squiggle lines above their head.
"The Confusion of Christopher" (Overall shot)

A medium-large vertically oriented print depicting the silhouette of two figures and a cat/ghost flouting above them facing the figure to the right. The left figure wears a red skirt and bow, presumably female, juxtapose a striped phallic shape coming out from under her skirt. The figure on the right is holding onto a purse with polkadots and has a shocked express observable though squiggle lines above their head.

Name/Title

"The Confusion of Christopher"

Entry/Object ID

2019.P-G.214

Description

A medium-large vertically oriented print depicting the silhouette of two figures and a cat/ghost floating above them facing the figure to the right. The left figure wears a red skirt and bow, presumably female, juxtaposing a striped phallic shape coming out from under her skirt. The figure on the right is holding onto a purse with polkadots and has a shocked expression observable through squiggle lines above their head.

Collection

Palmeri-Goodstein Research Print Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Mark Hosford

Role

Artist

Date made

2003

Time Period

21st Century

Place

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Edition

Edition

4/24

Edition Size

24

Edition Number

4

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Human body, Surprise, Bags, Ghosts, Skirts, Monsters

Search Terms

Phallic, Androgyny, Shocked expression, Silhouette

Dimensions

Height

22 in

Width

15-1/4 in

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Artist Nancy Palmeri, MFA

Acquisition Method

Gift

Acquisition Date

Aug 2019