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Two images on paper (one torn) float on ink spattered background.
Floating Cards
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Floating Cards

Artist Joe Goode (American, born 1937)
Date1969
MediumColor lithograph
Dimensionssheet: 22 1/8 x 29 3/4 in. (56.2 x 75.6 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Reese and Marilyn Arnold Palley
Object number1992.2.18
Collections
Visual DescriptionTwo images on paper (one torn) float on ink spattered background.
Image on paper, torn into four pieces, floats on spattered ink background.
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1969
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