Sidewall, "Clearing Fields", 2001
This object is resting in our storage facility.
We acquired this object in 2002
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- Object ID: 18696215
- Accession Number: 2002-24-1
- Acquired: 2002
- Short URL: http://cprhw.tt/o/2DPJx/
- Sidewall, "Clearing Fields", 2001. Francesco Simeti .2001. Digitally printed. Gift of Francesco Simeti. 2002-24-1.
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- Designed by Francesco Simeti
Taking the format of an antique wallpaper, contemporary images from magazines and newspapers are cut-and-pasted into the repeating landscape vignettes. The images include soldiers at Kosovo Liberation Army checkpoint, a member of the Swedish Explosive Ordinance Disposal platoon engaged in mine sweeping while a farmer plows, and British troops clearing the fields after Protestants had set camp after being blocked from marching through a Catholic neighborhood. Printed in shades of blue.
This sidewall is digitally printed. Its dimensions are: Overall: 171 x 60.5 cm (5 ft. 7 5/16 in. x 23 13/16 in.).
This sidewall is from United States and dated 2001
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