Canadaigua (from the series Novellas)
Artist
Patrick Nagatani
(American, 1945 - 2017)
Printer
Jeff Ryan
(American, born 1962)
Publisher
21 Steps Editions
(American, founded 1991)
Date1992
Mediumwaterless lithograph
DimensionsImage: 24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm)
ClassificationsGraphic
Credit LineGift of Richard Levy and Dana Asbury, 2018
Object number2018.11.1
DescriptionFour vertical images of male figures running height of page at left with remainder of sheet covered with rows of small images of Native American men. Near center on top of background is the image of a page of sheet music.Text Entries
The meaning given for “Canandaigua” is: “The Iroquois treaty
of 1794 with the United States. The US. [sic] pledged that it would never
encroach on Iroquois property located in Eastern and central New York State.
The land includes New York City.”
The treaty was signed in Canandaigua, New York, on November 11, 1794, by representatives of the Grand Council of the Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy and by Colonel Timothy Pickering as the representative of U.S. President George Washington (and is sometimes called the Pickering Treaty).
Viviette
Hunt, director of the Richard Levy Gallery, identifies three of the figures at
the left side of the composition as Jeff Ryan (printmaker and owner of 21 Steps
Editions) at top, Patrick Nagatani second from top), and Richard Levy (donor,
gallery owner) at the bottom. WHO is 3rd figure?
See object file for copy of 21 Steps Edition
print handling information, which states that print is a waterless lithograph
on Ragcoat paper suggests using waterless adhesive for hinges and mounting.
On View
Not on viewSteve Fitch
Conceived in 2007 from negatives from 1980 through 2005, print 2021
Steve Fitch
Conceived in 2009 from negatives from 1979 through 2005, print 2021
Herbert Matter
Negative 1960-1978; print 1978