Man as Machine (title page/cover), James Dean Pruner

Artwork Overview

1951–1987 or 1988
Man as Machine (title page/cover), 1984
Portfolio/Series title: Man as Machine
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: screen print
Dimensions:
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 379 x 330 mm
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 14 15/16 x 13 0.9921 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 19 x 14 in
Credit line: Museum purchase: Lucy Shaw Schultz Fund
Accession number: 1991.0048.01
Not on display

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Archive Label 2003 (version 1): After studying art at Fort Hays State University in the early 1970s, Pruner became an independent artist based at his Stafford County farm. Pruner’s Man as Machine portfolio recounts his experiences with street people and civic authorities while he was on the road in Los Angeles in 1983. The portfolio was printed at Lawrence Lithography Workshop. Pruner has become something of a cult figure in Kansas, due in part to his reclusive lifestyle and mysterious death in 1987. Archive Label 2003 (version 2): After studying art at Fort Hays State University in the early 1970s, Pruner became an independent artist based at his Stafford County, Kansas, farm. Pruner’s Man as Machine portfolio recounts his experiences with street people and civic authorities while he was on the road in Los Angeles in 1983