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New York Stock Exchange

New York Stock Exchange

Date1983
Maker Ross Palmer Beecher American, born 1957
Label TextThis woodcut by Seattle artist Ross Palmer Beecher offers a critique of the rampant consumerism that prevailed in the 1980s. Against the background of a newspaper's stock pages, a jagged line shows the volatility of the market. A maniacal figure in a zoot suit create the ups and downs with his pogo stick; a monkey in a business suit hanged on during the turbalence. Beecher's use of the woodcut suggests the influence of German Expressionist artists, as well as the graphic work of Mexican artist Jose Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913).
Object number98.84
Provenancecf., Darling, Michael et al. "Betty Bowen Award: Thirty Years." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 2009, pp. 58-59
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "The Art of Protest" April 27, 2000 - January 21, 2001
Credit LineGift of the artist
DimensionsImage h.: 14 3/16 in. Image w.: 18 1/2 in. Sheet h.: 15 15/16 in. Sheet w.: 20 1/16 in.
MediumWoodblock print; ink on paper
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