Suit Shopping: An Engraved Narrative, Andrew Raftery; RISD Print Editions

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Andrew Raftery; RISD Print Editions, Suit Shopping: An Engraved Narrative
Andrew Raftery; RISD Print Editions, Suit Shopping: An Engraved Narrative
Andrew Raftery
Suit Shopping: An Engraved Narrative
2002
Andrew Raftery
born 1962
Suit Shopping: An Engraved Narrative, 2002
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: engraving; laid paper
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 375 x 520 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 14.76 x 20.47 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 490 x 610 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 19 5/16 x 24 1/2 in
Plate Mark/Block Dimensions (Height x Width): entire triptych 375 x 920 mm
Plate Mark/Block Dimensions (Height x Width): 14 3/4 x 36 1/4 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): entire triptych 490 x 1060 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 19 5/16 x 41 3/4 in
Credit line: Museum purchase: Lucy Shaw Schultz Fund
Accession number: 2003.0107.a
Not on display
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Exhibition Label: “Embodiment,” Nov-2005, Kate Meyer Raftery’s suggestion of a triptych format promotes a sense of narrative but also imbues this work with a certain historical authority, as does his use of an engraving technique and style modeled on seventeenth-century French printmaking. These decisions encourage the viewer to contemplate and question what might otherwise be dismissed as a rather banal scene: a man interacting with a salesman, a tailor, and his wife, as he goes through the ritual of buying a suit in a department store.