Champions, Michael E. Ott

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Michael E. Ott, Champions
Michael E. Ott, Champions
Michael E. Ott
Champions
1988
Michael E. Ott, artist
1945–1996
Champions, 1988
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: color lithograph
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 720 x 530 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 803 x 585 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 28 3/8 x 20 7/8 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 31 5/8 x 23 1/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 36 x 30 in
Credit line: Museum purchase: Friends of the Art Museum, Lawrence Lithography Workshop Archive
Accession number: 1997.0225
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Archive Label 2003: Michael Ott was professor of art at the University of Kansas from 1969 until his death in 1996. He received his M.F.A. from the University of California at Berkeley. Exhibition Label: "Windmills to Workshops: Lawrence and the Visual Arts," Jul-2004, Kate Meyer Mike Ott was a member of the KU faculty from 1969 until his death in 1996. Praised for his sense of humor and commitment to teaching, Ott’s best known works consist of tromp l’oeil still-lifes of shirts, executed in vivid watercolor. These shirts often suggest the personality of their absent wearer, or juxtapose pattern, size, and subject matter with humorous and evocative results. This lithograph, produced at the Lawrence lithography Workshop, pairs a T-shirt proclaiming the KU basketball team’s triumphant national championship victory over Oklahoma in 1988 with a brightly colored shirt featuring fireworks.