Basic Information
Title: Metro To Fulton
Artist(s):
Leslie Roberts
Date Created: 2016
Framed Dimensions: 18.5 x 14.5 in.
Unframed Dimensions: 16 x 12 in.
Medium: gouache, graphite, ink, and colored pencil on gessoed panel
Inventory ID: Roberts-2016-02
Description
titled above the image upper left
signed, and dated on the back of the panel
Handwritten text: Signs and ads read during a subway trip
Excerpt: Lorimer St, Metropolitan Grand, plan ahead, I was scared silly, local, litter stops here,
help point, service exit, apply now, emergency instructions, caution, this area has been baited
with rodenticide, something funny is happening in New York, wet paint, next train, do not hold
doors . . .
titled above the image upper left signed, titled, and dated on the back of the panel handwritten text and list of US passport regulations: Excerpt: your photographs must be / two by two inches in size / identical / taken within the last six months / showing current appearance / color or black-and-white/ full […]
signed, titled, dated, size, and medium written on the back of the panel handwritten text: Sentences preceded by “why,” from news reports, email, and other sources. Transcript: Is this happening Did I get this Aren’t people angrier Do you want this job Can’t we sleep Am I writing you Do filmmakers love van Gogh Would […]
title, date, size, medium, and artist’s notes written on the back of the panel handwritten text list of oppositions: True/false, anxious/serene, bizarre/ordinary, positive/uncertain, digital/analog, uptown/downtown, compliant/resistant, rough/gentle, systematic/arbitrary, orderly/disheveled, heavy/light, friend/foe, binary/non-binary . . .
titled above the image upper left titled on the back of the panel Handwritten text: Found words and phrases preceded by “in case of,” listed alphabetically. Transcript: accident, allergic reaction, avalanche, bad weather, bee sting, bankruptcy, bad news, choking, concussion, copyright infringement, divorce, death, damage or loss, doubt, emergency, Ebola, epileptic seizure, electric shock, […]
