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: 9 3/16 × 7 9/16 in. (23.4 × 19.2 cm)
Mount: 14 × 11 in. (35.5 × 27.9 cm)
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Inscriptions Printed on recto in red ink OA: [replica of a fluoroscopy results form]
Printed on recto in black ink LC: [five black dots] \ EARTH AND GREAT WEATHER MOVE ME, \ HAVE CARRIED ME AWAY, \ AND MOVE MY INWARD PARTS WITH JOY! \
AND IN THE NIGHT THE STARS \ EXPLODED INTO MILK, \ THE EARTH SOFTENED INTO BLOOD \ BENEATH MY FEET. \ AND I SAW TWO MAGICIANS, \ ONE DRESSED IN BLCAK, THE OTHER IN WHITE. \ THE BLACK MAGICIAN HELD A PIECE OF CRYSTAL. \ THE WHITW MAGICIAN HELD A PIECE OF BLACK FLINT.
Inscribed on mount verso in pencil TRC: g.m \ 13.

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