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A person stands in front of a cloth background. Next to them are decorative lights and a picture of a swan.
Blue Sun
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Blue Sun

Artist Lisa Mackie (American, born 1947)
Date1974
MediumColor lithograph
Dimensionssheet: 30 x 22 1/2 in. (76.2 x 57.2 cm)
image: 25 x 20 in. (63.5 x 50.8 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Jane and R. Paul Larkin
Object number1992.1.19
Collections
Visual DescriptionA person stands in front of a cloth background. Next to them are decorative lights and a picture of a swan.
A pale, hazy print depicting a figure lying beneath folded white fabric. In the foreground, a striped dog-like animal with bright blue eyes looks upward. A white owl stands on the right.
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Lisa Mackie
1973
A person stands with their eyes closed in front of a background featuring a seashore. Their hair is covered in seashells.
Shell Collector #2
Lisa Mackie
1973
A girl stands next to two birds in a room.
You See, You Hold Me Up to the Light in a Way
Lisa Mackie
1973
A hazy, pale artwork featuring a forward-facing person with large flowers in their hair and near their chin. Beside them on the right is a shadowy, translucent profile of a figure.
Moss
Lisa Mackie
1974
A hazy pale-yellow artwork showing a translucent nude figure walking through a bright doorway. In the foreground, a pale antelope with ridged horns stands near a pile of crumpled white fabric on the floor.
Someone Was Dreaming Him
Lisa Mackie
1973
A nude woman holds an object over a round bath, the edges of which are covered with draped cloth. In the background, another nude figure is present, turned away from the scene.
Rose Water Journey
Lisa Mackie
1975
A pale softly rendered print of a person's face and bare shoulders. A small blue fish rests on their collarbone. A pile of spiraled, golden seashells sits just below the portrait's rectangular border.
Shell Collector #1
Lisa Mackie
1973
A hazy, heavily textured print depicting indistinct, shadowy figures in dark blues and purples. In the foreground, a reclining form is brightly illuminated in harsh white and yellow light, contrasting sharply with the dark, obscure surroundings.
Ocean Music
Lisa Mackie
1975
A hazy, softly textured print in muted greens, browns, and reds. It depicts two indistinct, shadowy figures standing close together and bent at the waist. To the right is a light-colored rectangular form.
Pillow Fight
Lisa Mackie
1975
A hazy print featuring a face looking down at a cluster of dark, pointed cones. A glowing light shines in the center beside a standing rectangular prism reflecting yellow, red, and blue patches.
Prism Current
Lisa Mackie
1975
A small aquarium contains plants and fish inside, some of which appear to be dead. In the background, a figure looks into and reaches for the aquarium.
Forest Water
Lisa Mackie
1974
A hazy pastel print featuring the translucent face of a woman looking down at a surface. Below her are white crystal clusters, small dark smoking cones of incense, and green plant forms.
Madagascar
Lisa Mackie
1975

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