Yucca

Artist and Manufacturer Todd Walker (American, 1917 - 1998)

Datec. 1981

Mediumphotolithograph on paper

Dimensions17 1/2 × 11 1/2 inches (44.5 × 29.2 cm)
Image: 11 × 8 inches (27.9 × 20.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Estate of Todd Walker, 2016

Object number2016.8.6.1

ClassificationsPhotographs

Label TextIn Yucca, Todd Walker began with a photographic image. He made a close-up of the radiating, spiky leaves of the yucca, a desert plant. Walker said, “For me, the image from the camera needs to be transformed into a picture.” He changed this work by printing the photo as a lithograph. “With printmaking methods I was able to use areas or blocks of color integrated by the image.” In this print, he manipulated the color and surface texture to create a dynamic burst of energy and abstraction. Connect with basketry by unidentified O'odham artists.

ProvenanceArtist; artist's estate; gifted July 13, 2016 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art

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