The Transitory State of Being...

Front of print: A large horizontal print on deckle edged paper. Many different kinds of imagery are layered together in various colors: illustrations of ornate flowers in yellow, reproductive organs in red, botanical text and diagrams in darker red, two standing portraits of women from the neck to the knees, and overlaid messy and simple drawings of flowers and basic math problems.
Front of print

A large horizontal print on deckle edged paper. Many different kinds of imagery are layered together in various colors: illustrations of ornate flowers in yellow, reproductive organs in red, botanical text and diagrams in darker red, two standing portraits of women from the neck to the knees, and overlaid messy and simple drawings of flowers and basic math problems.

Name/Title

The Transitory State of Being...

Entry/Object ID

2019.P-G.138

Description

A large horizontal print on deckle edged paper. Many different kinds of imagery are layered together in various colors: illustrations of ornate flowers in yellow, reproductive organs in red, botanical text and diagrams in darker red, two standing portraits of women from the neck to the knees, and overlaid messy and simple drawings of flowers and basic math problems.

Context

A large multicolored print containing references to girlhood, reproduction, and flowers.

Collection

Palmeri-Goodstein Research Print Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Patricia Hernsinger

Role

Artist

Edition

Edition Size

30

Edition Number

25

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Screen prints

Search Terms

Flowers, reproduction, girl, girlhood, woman, womanhood, feminism, botany, uterus, textbook

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Print

Dimensions

Height

19-1/2 in

Width

27-1/4 in

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Artist Nancy Palmeri, MFA

Acquisition Method

Gift

Acquisition Date

Aug 2019