Escaping the Frame

© Estate of Michael Silver

Escaping the Frame

Currently not on view

Escaping the Frame,

1989–92

Michael Silver, 1947–2003; born Brooklyn, NY; active New York
2018-198

Information

Title
Escaping the Frame
Dates

1989–92

Maker
Michael Silver
Medium
Platinum print on beige rice paper
Dimensions
34.9 × 25.4 cm (13 3/4 × 10 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert Mahon and Carol Joyce
Object Number
2018-198
Signatures
Signed and dated in ink, lower right: Michael Silver 2003
Inscription
In ink, center: "John Cage – Escaping the Frame" In ink, lower right: 5/50
Culture
American
Type
platinum prints, photographs
Materials
rice paper
Techniques
platinum process
Subject
artists, figures (representations), men, brooms, portraits

The artist; acquired by Robert Mahon and Carol Joyce; given to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2018.

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