Song of the Shirt

Song of the Shirt

Print

Gary Metz

Maker
American, 1941–2010

John Moore

Maker
American, b. 1946

Song of the Shirt

1967
Offset lithographs
Image: 10 3/16 × 8 1/8 in. (25.8 × 20.6 cm)
Mount: 14 × 11 in. (35.5 × 27.9 cm)
Purchase
Inscriptions Printed on recto in red ink OA: [replica blood chelistry fmediacl form]
Printed on recto in black ink LT: I HAVE SEEN HER BEFORE, \ HER BODY OF MAIZE LEAVES GLISTENING \ AND TURNING IN THE MOONLIGHT. \ HER FACE OF UMBER EARTH \ DARK AND RICH. \ A GARMENT OF SHI,,ERING WHITE SHE WEARS, \ SHE HOLDS THE NIGHT AND DARKNESS. \ i HAVE SEEN HIM. \ THE SUN'S RAYS \ ALONG THE EAGLES WINGS \ STRETCH BEYOND THEIR TIPS. \ TOWARDS THE WEST HIS EYES ARE TURNED. \ A GARMENT OF GRAY HE WEARS, \ A GARMENT OF THUNDERCLOUD. \ HE HOLDS RAIN AND SILVER LIGHT.
Inscribed on mount verso in pencil TRC: g.m \7.

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