The Hand of Man

The Hand of Man (Overall shot): A medium vertically oriented print presenting of a human hand that possess a brick-like structure at its wrist flouting in front of a chaotic etching background. The background contains many elements related to industrialism, containing a transmission tower, trees stumps with visible roots, a pill of tires, a black stream running through the composition, and industrial complex with many smokestacks.
The Hand of Man (Overall shot)

A medium vertically oriented print presenting of a human hand that possess a brick-like structure at its wrist flouting in front of a chaotic etching background. The background contains many elements related to industrialism, containing a transmission tower, trees stumps with visible roots, a pill of tires, a black stream running through the composition, and industrial complex with many smokestacks.

Name/Title

The Hand of Man

Entry/Object ID

2019.P-G.326

Description

A medium vertically oriented print presenting of a human hand, that possess a brick-like structure at its wrist, flouting in front of a chaotic etching background. The background contains many elements related to industrialism, containing a transmission tower, trees stumps with visible roots, a pill of tires, a black stream running through the composition, and industrial complex with many smokestacks.

Collection

Palmeri-Goodstein Research Print Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Kathrine Polk

Role

Artist

Date made

2007

Time Period

21st Century

Place

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Edition

Edition

3/15

Edition Size

15

Edition Number

3

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Industrialization, Allegorical paintings, Hands, Pollution, Air pollution, Electric lines, Industry, Transmission lines, Smokestacks, Tires, Tree stumps

Dimensions

Height

10 in

Width

8-1/2 in

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Artist Nancy Palmeri, MFA

Acquisition Method

Gift

Acquisition Date

Aug 2019