Orbit

Artist Shahzia Sikander (American, born Pakistan, born 1969)

Printer Crown Point Press (founded 1962)

Date2012

MediumColor direct gravure

DimensionsImage: 27 × 21 1/4 in. (68.6 × 54 cm) Sheet: 36 × 29 1/2 in. (91.4 × 74.9 cm) Framed: 41 3/4 × 31 3/4 × 1 1/4 in. (106 × 80.6 × 3.2 cm)

Credit LinePurchased with funds provided by the Legler Benbough Student Acquisition Fund by Katherine Ayd, Jerome Bwire, Cesar Chavez, Virginia da Rosa, Hannah Day, Ross Ehren, Brittany Ford, Anthony Graham, Dominique Kourie, Morgan Likens, Monika Marambio, Liam Richards, Sean Rivera, Joseph Seiler, and Jake Zawlacki

CulturePakistani-American

Inscribedhandwritten in pencil, l.l.: 6/35; handwritten in pencil, l.r.: artist's signature, 2012

Object numberPC2013.04

ClassificationsPrint Collection

DescriptionAbstract composition in grey, red, brown, blue, and green; human and animal figuration suggested including large, dripping grey bodies at b.l. and b.r., animal figuration in silhouette, including eagle at c.r. and upside-down leaping deer also at c.r.; bodies in red at t.r., one sitting on the shoulders of the other, the upper body grasping a large round ring; musical instruments suggested including a large red trombone at c-b.l.; wheels and twisting rope-like forms also feature prominently.

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