Eric Avery

The Sleep of Reason from Behind
1986

A graphic print featuring a complex overlay of images and text, with a dominant theme of bats flying over and around architectural structures. The artwork is rendered in a limited color palette, primarily black and white, with text elements reversed out of dark areas. The composition is dynamic, with a sense of movement and depth created by the layering of the bats and buildings. There is a handwritten note at the bottom that reads "The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters."
A graphic print featuring a complex overlay of images and text, with a dominant theme of bats flying over and around architectural structures. The artwork is rendered in a limited color palette, primarily black and white, with text elements reversed out of dark areas. The composition is dynamic, with a sense of movement and depth created by the layering of the bats and buildings. There is a handwritten note at the bottom that reads "The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters."

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Date
1986

Classification
Prints

Medium
Woodcut and screenprint

Dimensions
Sheet (sight): 34 3/4 × 25in. (88.3 × 63.5 cm) Image (sight): 33 11/16 × 24 3/4in. (85.6 × 62.9 cm)

Accession number
99.78.1

Edition
III/X

Publication
Printed by Tony Lujano; printed by Jesus Menchaca; published by Eric Avery

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Mary Ryan and Bruce Lebowitz

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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