Alice Austin
To the Ocean

images from Tina Tan
To the Ocean
images from Tina Tan
ArtistAmerican
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • To the Ocean
Date2018
MediumArtist book of linoleum cuts in colors and letterpress on wove paper; objects made of silver, glass, sea shells and plastic placed in Japanese shibori textile bags; all components housed in a wooden box, edition 2 of 5 deluxe copies, edition of 15
DimensionsBox: 9 1/2 × 11 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (24.1 × 29.2 × 8.9 cm)
Book (closed): 8 1/2 × 9 5/8 × 1 in. (21.6 × 24.4 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Wynne Phelan
Object number2019.38
Not on view

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Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; purchased by MFAH 2019.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, center: TO THE OCEAN / Alice Austin
Last page of accordion book: Inscribed in graphite, below image: 2/15
Verso: Inscribed in printed ink, center bottom edge: Philadelphia / 2018
Last page of accordion book: Signed in graphite, below image: Alice Austin [cursive]
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