Pie in the Sky

Print

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Front of print: A large full-bleed print on deckle edged paper. The paper is covered in black pigment, with details and contours subtracted out in white. On the right side, a man stands on a rock labeled "E PLURIBUS UNUM" smoking multiple cigarettes while a large hand lights them with a lighter. To the left, a man in military uniform says "OH GREAT MACHINE" as he pushes a cart with a box labeled "FRAGILE" and points to a pair of wheels abutting a pipe spewing particulate. Above his head is a saw with a reflection of two portraits in it. Behind both men is a wall or hill of bricks leading up to a field in the distance, where tiny silhouettes of people point up to a pie stood up on scaffolding to the left. To the right, a vague silhouette of a cartoonish person with goggles and protrusions from the head is vaguely visible. The field and the sky are full of white droplets, as if it were raining and windy.
Front of print

A large full-bleed print on deckle edged paper. The paper is covered in black pigment, with details and contours subtracted out in white. On the right side, a man stands on a rock labeled "E PLURIBUS UNUM" smoking multiple cigarettes while a large hand lights them with a lighter. To the left, a man in military uniform says "OH GREAT MACHINE" as he pushes a cart with a box labeled "FRAGILE" and points to a pair of wheels abutting a pipe spewing particulate. Above his head is a saw with a reflection of two portraits in it. Behind both men is a wall or hill of bricks leading up to a field in the distance, where tiny silhouettes of people point up to a pie stood up on scaffolding to the left. To the right, a vague silhouette of a cartoonish person with goggles and protrusions from the head is vaguely visible. The field and the sky are full of white droplets, as if it were raining and windy.

Name/Title

Pie in the Sky

Entry/Object ID

2019.P-G.155

Description

A large full-bleed print on deckle edged paper. The paper is covered in black pigment, with details and contours subtracted out in white. On the right side, a man stands on a rock labeled "E PLURIBUS UNUM" smoking multiple cigarettes while a large hand lights them with a lighter. To the left, a man in military uniform says "OH GREAT MACHINE" as he pushes a cart with a box labeled "FRAGILE" and points to a pair of wheels abutting a pipe spewing particulate. Above his head is a saw with a reflection of two portraits in it. Behind both men is a wall or hill of bricks leading up to a field in the distance, where tiny silhouettes of people point up to a pie stood up on scaffolding to the left. To the right, a vague silhouette of a cartoonish person with goggles and protrusions from the head is vaguely visible. The field and the sky are full of white droplets, as if it were raining and windy.

Context

Scenes of men smoking or pushing a cart while behind them in a rainy sky and field a pie is scaffolded up in the sky, surrounded by people and watched by a goggled person's silhouette.

Collection

Palmeri-Goodstein Research Print Collection

Edition

Edition Size

25

Edition Number

22

Lexicon

Search Terms

Smoking, cigarette, saw, cart, fragile, military, pie, sky, rain, snow, weather, abstract, surreal

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Print

Dimensions

Height

15 in

Width

18 in

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Artist Nancy Palmeri, MFA

Acquisition Method

Gift

Acquisition Date

Aug 2019