Sound of a Flower

 

Morris Broderson

  1928 - 2011 (biography)

1975  

color lithograph 

22 3/8 x 30" image and paper size 

pencil, lower left 

Right to print trial proof (Bon a Tirer) 

pencil annotated "right to print" and "trial proof", lower left; Editions Press number, pencil, on verso 

Editions Press 294 

buff Arches wove 

published 

Editions Press (chop, lower left) 

24689 

SOLD

In the early 1970s Morris Broderson created several lithographs, at both Tamarind and at Editions Press, of a young man "listening" to flowers. The young man is a representation of himself; the flowers are representations of sound. A reflection of Broderson's life-long deafness, the imagery and the idea of listening to the world that surrounds you - no matter who you are or how you interpret sound - are nonetheless universal. This is a proof annotated "Right to Print". As the artist and professional printer work together developing the image on the stone there are trial proofs taken at each step for reference. Once the artist decides that the stone is complete an impression is pulled and designated as the "Bon à tirer" or "good to print". In this instance they used "Right to Print". This becomes the work that all other impressions in the edition are measured against. The artists often leave and the printers complete the edition. The artist then returns and examines each against the BAT, signing each work as it is approved, until the edition size is met. Any extra proofs are destroyed.