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Sandow Birk
American Procession2017

Not on view
Large-format print with golden-yellow background, dense black linework depicting a ruined triumphal arch labeled 'Progressive' and 'Conservative,' industrial smokestacks, a Capitol dome on a steam-powered cart, and political labels along the top border
Horizontal woodcut or linocut print with golden-yellow background, depicting a large crowd of figures marching in procession across the full width of the composition, carrying banners, flags, and protest signs with visible text, rendered in dense black ink with detailed cross-hatching and bold graphic lines
Wide horizontal print with bold black linework on a golden yellow background, depicting a dense procession of dozens of figures spanning the full width, carrying protest banners and flags, rendered in a woodcut or linocut style with high contrast hatching and expressive mark-making.

Sandow Birk, Elyse Pignolet, Mullowney Printing, American Procession, 2017, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by the Merrill Schneider Foundation, Kevin King and Meridee Moore, and Gage A. Schubert, photography by John Wilson White. Photo courtesy of Catharine Clark Gallery and Mullowney Printing.

Artist or Maker
Sandow Birk
United States, born 1962
Artist or Maker
Elyse Pignolet
United States, California, Oakland, active Los Angeles, born 1979
Printed by
Mullowney Printing
San Francisco, California
Title
American Procession
Date Made
2017
Medium
Woodcut from 20 carved plywood blocks. Hand-embellished with gold acrylic. Printed on gampi paper using a Dufa flatbed offset press. Sheets are joined and backed twice with sekishu kozo paper
Dimensions
48 × 480 in. (121.92 × 1219.2 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by the Merrill Schneider Foundation, Kevin King and Meridee Moore, and Gage A. Schubert
Accession Number
M.2019.16a-c
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Copyright
© Sandow Birk © Elyse Pignolet