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

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Andrew Raftery; RISD Print Editions, cover for Suit Shopping: An Engraved Narrative
Andrew Raftery; RISD Print Editions, cover for Suit Shopping: An Engraved Narrative
Andrew Raftery
cover for Suit Shopping: An Engraved Narrative
2002
Andrew Raftery
born 1962
cover for Suit Shopping: An Engraved Narrative, 2002
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: laid paper; letterpress
Dimensions:
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 50.5 x 63.5 cm
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 19 7/8 x 25 in
Credit line: Museum purchase: Lucy Shaw Schultz Fund
Accession number: 2003.0107
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.