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Maker(s):Colvin, Calum
Culture:Scottish (1961 - )
Title:Venus and Mars Part III, from the portfolio, Constructed Narratives, 1986
Date Made:1986
Type:Photograph
Materials:Cibachrome
Place Made:United Kingdom; Scotland
Measurements:sheet: 10 x 8 in.; 25.4 x 20.32 cm
Narrative Inscription:  inscribed in black felt tip pen across bottom verso; 'Venus + Mars' (PART 111) Calum Colvin 1986 5/5
Accession Number:  SC 1990.14.6
Credit Line:Purchased with the Janet Wright Ketcham, class of 1953, Acquisition Fund
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
photographed construction composed of painted pillow make to look like seated woman with long blond hair in white and blue striped dress, oil lamp with Venus at left, phone near hand, phonograph in lower right, paper with "Be Your Own Art Teacher" at bottom with inverted photograph and small articulated male doll with axe and spear near figure's proper right elbow

Subjects:
Mythology; Women

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