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Contemporary Art
Emma Amos
On Top of the World
Aquatint and hand cut and applied fabrics
signed, titled and dated in pencil
No. 34 of a limited edition of 60
30 x 22.5 inches
1996
Amos created this print to celabrate the Centenial Olympics being hosted by her home town of Atlanta, Georgia. It depicts a female athelete (self portrait?) holding aloft a gold medal. This work boldly undermines the idea that a print addition should be uniform. Instead, each print has African fabric cut and applied around the border so that no two prints are the same.
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