A Parable, Dan R. Kirchhefer

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Dan R. Kirchhefer, A Parable
Dan R. Kirchhefer, A Parable
Dan R. Kirchhefer
A Parable
1984
Dan R. Kirchhefer, artist
born 1947
A Parable, 1984
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: drypoint; soft-ground etching; spit biting; Rives BFK™ paper; aquatint
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 500 x 403 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 662 x 503 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 19 11/16 x 15 7/8 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 26 1/16 x 19 13/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 32 x 24 in
Credit line: Gift from the John and Ann Talleur Collection
Accession number: 2001.0134
Not on display
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Archive Label 2003: This print is the fourth of a series, each including a palm tree. Kirchhefer describes the sequence of the prints as healing, a miracle, a spokesperson, and finally a parable or a following. The conch shell in A Parable was given to the artist and became an object he admired. As he began using the conch shell image in his work, Kirchhefer recalled time spent as a teenager fishing on the Big Thompson River. He represented those memories with the fish. Unintentionally, the print and its three objects together became a rebus. The rebus can be read as “artificial.” Kirchhefer finds this a satisfying reading since the piece is not really a parable.