framed
1997
by HAMMOND, Jane
1997. framed. Color lithograph with silkscreen and collage on Kasuiri, handmade text paper. 59 1/2 x 62 inches full sheet (full margins). Signed, dated, titled and numbered 7/50 in black ink lower margin. Published in 1997 by ULAE, West Islip, with the blind stamp lower left. Large beautiful layered collage of postcards on top of a hand made map of lower Manhattan with a portrait of the artist as an early explorer. Known for painting and printmaking, Jane R. Hammond (born 1950) is an American artist who lives and works in New York City. She collaborated with the poet John Ashbury, making 62 paintings based on titles he suggested, this is one of the titles from the series. This map is in the collections of the Whitney and MOMA. In her paintings and photographic prints, Jane Hammond organizes found image fragments into surreal juxtapositions. (Inventory #: 298670)