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Maker(s):Carnwath, Squeak
Culture:American (1947- )
Title:We All Want to Believe
Date Made:1989
Type:Print
Materials:Aquatint and etching
Measurements:Sheet: 20 1/8 in x 17 15/16 in; 51.1 cm x 45.6 cm; Plate: 12 15/16 in x 11 7/8 in; 32.9 cm x 30.2 cm
Narrative Inscription:  Printer: recto, lwr. r. (blind stamp): THE A BERRY PRESS [around a bowler hat on abstract head in profile] ; signature/date: recto, lwr. r. (graphite): S. CARNWATH 89 ; recto, lwr. l. (graphite): 13/50 ; recto, upp. (red ink, etched): EVERYDAY IS NOT THE SAME SOMEDAYS / IT RAINS SOMETIMES THE SUN / SHINES EVERYDAY WE HOPE THE WATER/ IS PURE AT NIGHT THE SKY IS BLACK / SOMEDAYS ARE GOOD DAYS SOMEDAYS ARE SIMPLE / AND BORING WE ALL HOPE WE ARE BREATHING / OXYGEN SOMEDAYS WE ARE FULL SOMEDAYS WE ARE EMPTY / SOMEDAYS WE ARE HOT AND THE BEES SWARM / WE ALL WANT TO BELIEVE IN SAFETY
Accession Number:  MH 1991.7.7
Credit Line:Gift of anonymous donor
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Top third ruled with child-like writing / text (see inscription). Lower third is dark brownish-reds with black outlines. Articles of clothing, a bed, crescent moon, and absctract shapes all float unrelated to each other.

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