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Object #     1998-90/170
Object name     Silkscreen Print, Card
Culture of Origin     Haida
Title     Benjamin's Birth Announcement
Maker or Artist     Robert Davidson
Materials     Paper, Ink
Techniques     Silkscreen
Dimensions     H: 7.1 in, W: 5.6 in
Exhibit Label    

"The birth announcement for Robert Davidson's son, Benjamin, was inspired by the image of a half moon on a clear night. It is a portrait of the four members of the family, Benjamin at the top, as a newborn with no teeth and immature eye without the eyelid. By overprinting blue on red in Benjamin's circle, the effect of the half moon is subtly achieved. The mother, Susan, is to the left, with a labret in her lower lip, Robert at the bottom, and Sara to the right, Benjamin's older sister, also with a labret."
Source     Margaret Blackman and Edwin S. Hall, Jr.
Credit     Blackman Hall Northwest Coast Print Collection
 
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