© Kiki Smith and Universal Limited Art Editions
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Print and Drawings
Howard Mele Gallery
Howard Mele Gallery
Untitled (Hair),
1990
Kiki Smith, born 1954, Nuremburg, Germany; active New York, NY
Printed by Douglas Volle at Universal Limited Art Editions (ULAE)
Published by Universal Limited Art Editions (ULAE)
Printed by Douglas Volle at Universal Limited Art Editions (ULAE)
Published by Universal Limited Art Editions (ULAE)
x1993-273
Untitled (Hair) was my first print that Universal Limited Art Editions (ULAE) published. I was told to arrive at the print shop with nothing, so I just brought myself and used my body to create, and a self-portrait of my head unfolded. I used my hair, Xerox transfers, casts of my body, and wigs to create the images on the lithography stones. It was the first print I made at ULAE, and I’ve been happy to continue working with them since 1989.
Kiki Smith
More About This Object
Information
Title
Untitled (Hair)
Dates
1990
Maker
Kiki Smith
Printed by Douglas Volle at Universal Limited Art Editions (ULAE)
Published by Universal Limited Art Editions (ULAE)
Printed by Douglas Volle at Universal Limited Art Editions (ULAE)
Published by Universal Limited Art Editions (ULAE)
Medium
Lithograph in two colors printed from ten stones on Matsumatshi paper
Dimensions
91 × 91.5 cm (35 13/16 × 36 in.)
frame: 102.2 × 102.2 × 3.8 cm (40 1/4 × 40 1/4 × 1 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of James Kraft, Class of 1957
Object Number
x1993-273
Place Made
North America, United States, New York, New York
Inscription
Edition statement, signature, and date in graphite, lower right: 38//54 / Kiki Smith 1990
Marks/Labels/Seals
Blindstamp lower right: ULAE
Culture
Type
Materials
Techniques
Subject
[Dolan/Maxwell, Philadelphia, PA]; purchased by James Kraft (1935-2022) in 1990; gifted to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1993.
- "Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1993", Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 53, no. 1 (1994): p. 46-95., p. 74 (illus.)
- "Contemporary Prints and Photographs: Selections from the Collection of James Kraft, Class of 1957" (Princeton: Princeton University Art Museum, 1998)., cat. no. 95 (illus.)
- Princeton University Art Museum: Handbook of the Collection (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2007), 247 (illus.)
- Calvin Brown, "James Kraft, Class of 1957, Collection," Record of the Princeton University Art Museum 66 (2007): p. 75–122., p. 82
- Princeton University Art Museum: Handbook of the Collections (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Art Museum, 2013), p. 270
