Shack
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
In Shack, Elizabeth Murray takes apart the structure of a house, simultaneously showing its interior and exterior, the cobblestone path leading to it, and a window through which the sun is visible. Although her art usually grows out of everyday experiences, she made this print after one of her paintings, working from a Polaroid image. Irregularly shaped, with overlapping planes and elements that project from the surface, Shack explores the creative possibilities in transferring a work from canvas, and pushes the boundaries of printmaking, while maintaining the artist’s signature cartoon-like style.
Caption
Elizabeth Murray American, 1940–2007. Shack, 1994. Lithograph on paper, 63 × 51 in. (160 × 129.5 cm) frame: 69 1/2 × 55 × 4 1/2 in. (176.5 × 139.7 × 11.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Alfred T. White Fund, 1996.94. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1996.94_PS20.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Shack
Date
1994
Medium
Lithograph on paper
Classification
Dimensions
63 × 51 in. (160 × 129.5 cm) frame: 69 1/2 × 55 × 4 1/2 in. (176.5 × 139.7 × 11.4 cm)
Signatures
Signed lower right
Inscriptions
Inscribed lower right: "1994"
Credit Line
Alfred T. White Fund
Accession Number
1996.94
Rights
© artist or artist's estate
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