Artist
Arthur Tress (American, born 1940)American, born 1940
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Fish Tank Sonata
- And ultimately you'll be as free/as the newborn babe/who takes to water instinctively
- Life bloomed and evolved/With miraculous flair,/Leaving behind ooze/For fresh light and air./With great effort and luck,/Sea creatures moved onto land/And had a coming-out party/That was ever so grand.
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Date1987, printed 2006
MediumCollotype
DimensionsSheet (A): 8 7/16 × 8 7/16 in. (21.4 × 21.4 cm)
Sheet (B): 8 3/8 × 8 3/8 in. (21.3 × 21.3 cm)
Folio (closed): 16 1/4 × 13 1/16 × 5/16 in. (41.3 × 33.2 × 0.8 cm)
Sheet (B): 8 3/8 × 8 3/8 in. (21.3 × 21.3 cm)
Folio (closed): 16 1/4 × 13 1/16 × 5/16 in. (41.3 × 33.2 × 0.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Koichiro and Machiko Kurita
Object number2006.591.8.A,.B
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Printed on opposite page, lower edge:
A) "ARTHUR TRESS / And ultimately you'll be as free / As the newborn babe / Who takes to water instinctively."
B) "Life bloomed and evolved / With miraculous flair, / Leaving behind ooze / For fresh light and air. / / With great effort and luck, / Sea creatures moved onto land / and had a coming - out party / That was ever so grand."
Printed on verso mount, lower edge:
A) "And ultimately you'll be as free / As the newborn babe / Who takes to water instinctively. / Five plates, five colors, ten layers, Paper Torinoko"
B) "Life bloomed and evolved / With miraculous flair, / Leaving behind ooze / For fresh light and air. / / With great effort and luck, / Sea creatures moved onto land / and had a coming - out party / That was ever so grand." / Seven plates, seven colors, fourteen layers, Paper Torinoko"
Stamped in gold ink on the front of folio: "ARTHUR TRESS"
Embossed printer's stamp(?) on the inside of the back cover of the portfolio: "K??"
A) "ARTHUR TRESS / And ultimately you'll be as free / As the newborn babe / Who takes to water instinctively."
B) "Life bloomed and evolved / With miraculous flair, / Leaving behind ooze / For fresh light and air. / / With great effort and luck, / Sea creatures moved onto land / and had a coming - out party / That was ever so grand."
Printed on verso mount, lower edge:
A) "And ultimately you'll be as free / As the newborn babe / Who takes to water instinctively. / Five plates, five colors, ten layers, Paper Torinoko"
B) "Life bloomed and evolved / With miraculous flair, / Leaving behind ooze / For fresh light and air. / / With great effort and luck, / Sea creatures moved onto land / and had a coming - out party / That was ever so grand." / Seven plates, seven colors, fourteen layers, Paper Torinoko"
Stamped in gold ink on the front of folio: "ARTHUR TRESS"
Embossed printer's stamp(?) on the inside of the back cover of the portfolio: "K??"
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