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 15/16 × 8 1/2 in. (27.8 × 21.6 cm)
Mount: 14 × 11 in. (35.5 × 27.9 cm)
Purchase
Inscriptions Printed on recto in red ink OA: [replica medical form]
Printed on recto in black ink TL: HER THROAT IS THE RAINBOW! \ HIS EYES ARE THUNDERCLOUD! \ WHEN SHE WALKS, \ WHITE FLOWERS SPRING UP FROM HER FOOTPRINTS! \ WHEN HE WALKS, \ THE ROCKS BREAK OPEN! \ BELOVED, \ IT IS FITTING THAT A MAN AND A WOMAN \ SHOULD LOVE EACH OTHER, \ SO THAT NADIR AND ZENITH SHALL BE BREACHED, \ SO THAT WATER AND STONE SHALL BE WEDDED. \ THEREFORE, I EXHORT EACH OF YOU \ TO GATHER YOUR STRENGTH \ TO BECOME STILL AND SIT \ AND CONSIDER YOUR POWER.

Inscribed on mount verso in pencil TRC: g.m \ 38.

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