Karen Wirth
Nude Youths, 1990
3 3/4 x 2 1/4 in.
9.5 x 5.7 cm.
9.5 x 5.7 cm.
One of 585 copies.
1396
(16)pp, accordion fold. Frieze-like panels of titularly unrobed youths from Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling appear at rectos and verso, crossed by a black line on which appears text defining qualifications...
(16)pp, accordion fold. Frieze-like panels of titularly unrobed youths from Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling appear at rectos and verso, crossed by a black line on which appears text defining qualifications for censorship. A sly undercutting of the arbitrary laws thereof - one celebrates Michelangelo even while denouncing nudity and sexuality. Held in brown paper sleeve with censorship label. Fine. (3 3/4 2 1/4 in.)
