Lesley Dill

Throat
1994

A monochromatic artwork depicting the upward view of a person's neck and face with eyes closed. The words "I am Afraid to own a BODY I am Afraid to own a SOUL" are written across the neck and chin in blue and black ink. The background is textured with dark vertical lines on the sides, and the paper appears aged with rough edges.
A monochromatic artwork depicting the upward view of a person's neck and face with eyes closed. The words "I am Afraid to own a BODY I am Afraid to own a SOUL" are written across the neck and chin in blue and black ink. The background is textured with dark vertical lines on the sides, and the paper appears aged with rough edges.

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Date
1994

Classification
Prints

Medium
Photolithograph, aquatint, etching, and drypoint with thread

Dimensions
Sheet: 29 3/8 × 22 1/8in. (74.6 × 56.2 cm) Image: 27 3/8 × 18 1/8in. (69.5 × 46 cm) Mount: 30 1/8 × 22 1/4in. (76.5 × 56.5 cm)

Accession number
94.118.4

Edition
13/25 | 10 APs, 1 TP, 2 PPs, RTP, 1 C, 1 Copyright Proof, I-V Subscriber's Proofs, 3 Landfall Press Impressions

Publication
Printed and published by Landfall Press, Inc.

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Print Committee

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/9243

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A monochromatic artwork depicting the upward view of a person's neck and face with eyes closed. The words "I am Afraid to own a BODY I am Afraid to own a SOUL" are written across the neck and chin in blue and black ink. The background is textured with dark vertical lines on the sides, and the paper appears aged with rough edges.

Lesley Dill
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