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Alexis Smith
Words Cannot Cook Rice1975

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Horizontal print on white paper with a single centered line of pale yellow-green all-caps serif text reading 'WORDS CANNOT COOK RICE — CHARLIE CHAN,' with pencil notations in the lower corners

Alexis Smith, Lloyd Baggs, Neighbors of Watts, Los Angeles, Words Cannot Cook Rice, 1975, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Cirrus Editions Archive. Purchased with funds provided by the Director's Roundtable, and gift of Cirrus Editions, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Alexis Smith
United States, 1949-2023
Title
Words Cannot Cook Rice
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1975
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 14 × 18 in. (35.56 × 45.72 cm) Image: 1/4 × 12 1/2 in. (0.64 × 31.75 cm)
Credit Line
Cirrus Editions Archive. Purchased with funds provided by the Director's Roundtable, and gift of Cirrus Editions
Accession Number
M.86.2.507
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Copyright
© Estate of Alexis Smith. Courtesy of the Estate of Alexis Smith and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York