Greek Scholars have been Puzzled for Centuries by the Strange Gestures of this Statue... Recent Excavation of a Flat Stone, Obviously Representing a Wet Strip of Negatives, Solves the Problem

Bill Jay, 1940–2009, British, Greek Scholars have been Puzzled for Centuries by the Strange Gestures of this Statue... Recent Excavation of a Flat Stone, Obviously Representing a Wet Strip of Negatives, Solves the Problem, before 1992

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Creator:

Bill Jay, 1940–2009

Title:

Greek Scholars have been Puzzled for Centuries by the Strange Gestures of this Statue... Recent Excavation of a Flat Stone, Obviously Representing a Wet Strip of Negatives, Solves the Problem

Date:

before 1992

Materials & Techniques:

Collage on medium, smooth, white wove paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 8 1/2 × 11 inches (21.6 × 27.9 cm), Image: 6 1/4 × 8 1/4 inches (15.9 × 21 cm)

Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in black ink, lower left: "Greek scholars have been puzzled for centuries | by the strange gestures of this statue..."; lower right: "Recent excavation of a flat stone, obviously | representing a wet strip of negatives, solves the problem."; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower right: "134"

Signed in black ink, lower right: "BJ"

Credit Line:

Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Joy of Giving Something, Inc.

Copyright Status:

Accession Number:

B2019.16.700

Classification:

Photographs

Collection:

Prints and Drawings

Access:

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Link:

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:80868

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