Song of the Shirt
Print
Song of the Shirt
1967
Offset lithographs
Image: 11 1/4 × 8 1/16 in. (28.5 × 20.5 cm)
Mount: 14 × 11 in. (35.5 × 27.9 cm)
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Inscriptions Printed on recto in red ink OA: [replica of medical form]
Printed on recto in black ink TL: JULY, 1868, \ CAPT'N BUCK'S SHOSHONES \ IN LATE AFTERNOON SUNLIGHT \ THEIR LONG GRAY SHADOWS FADE OUT OF FOCUS \ BACK INTO THE ROLLING LANDSCAPE. \ THEY NOT UNDERSTAND ARMY SHIRT. \ THEY NOT UNDERSTAND PICTURE MACHINE' \ WHITE MAN PUT LANDSCAPE IN BOX \ SELL LATER FOR MONEY. \ THEY HAVE SEEN THE RED SUNLIGHT. \ THEY HAVE SEEN THE YELLOW SUNLIGHT. \ THEY HAVE SEEN THE SILVER SUNLIGHT. \ THEY HAVE SEEN THE COLORED AGATE. \ THEY HAVE SEEN THE CHANGING TREE. \ THEY HAVE SEEN THE ANTLERED ELK. \ BLUE EVENING FALLS, \ BLUE EVENING FALLS, \ IT SETS THE GRASSES TREMBLING.
Inscribed on mount verso in pencil TRC: g.m \ 23.
Printed on recto in black ink TL: JULY, 1868, \ CAPT'N BUCK'S SHOSHONES \ IN LATE AFTERNOON SUNLIGHT \ THEIR LONG GRAY SHADOWS FADE OUT OF FOCUS \ BACK INTO THE ROLLING LANDSCAPE. \ THEY NOT UNDERSTAND ARMY SHIRT. \ THEY NOT UNDERSTAND PICTURE MACHINE' \ WHITE MAN PUT LANDSCAPE IN BOX \ SELL LATER FOR MONEY. \ THEY HAVE SEEN THE RED SUNLIGHT. \ THEY HAVE SEEN THE YELLOW SUNLIGHT. \ THEY HAVE SEEN THE SILVER SUNLIGHT. \ THEY HAVE SEEN THE COLORED AGATE. \ THEY HAVE SEEN THE CHANGING TREE. \ THEY HAVE SEEN THE ANTLERED ELK. \ BLUE EVENING FALLS, \ BLUE EVENING FALLS, \ IT SETS THE GRASSES TREMBLING.
Inscribed on mount verso in pencil TRC: g.m \ 23.
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