Spells and Incantations

Artist: Jane Hammond, American, born 1950
Printer: Shark's Ink, Lyons, Colorado, founded 1976
Publisher: Shark's Ink, Lyons, Colorado, founded 1976
Depicted: Jane Hammond, American, born 1950
Date: 2007
Material: Lithograph and screenprint
made in: Lyons, Colorado, United States, North and Central America
Classification: Prints
Collection: Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
Current Location: Not on view
Dimensions: 18 3/4 × 7 1/2 × 60 1/2 in. (47.6 × 19.1 × 153.7 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Ted L. and Maryanne Ellison Simmons; and funds given by the Marian Cronheim Trust for Prints and Drawings, Museum Purchase, Friends Endowment Fund, The Sidney S. and Sadie Cohen Print Purchase Fund, and the Eliza McMillan Purchase Fund
Rights: © Jane Hammond
Object Number: 619:2020

NOTES

This astonishing three-dimensional lithograph was printed on paper and cut and assembled into the shape of an Egyptian coffin. A photograph of the artist’s face functions as the mummy’s portrait. The pseudo-hieroglyphs adorning the surface are drawn from Jane Hammond’s personal repository of 276 found images compiled from printed illustrations. Of this work, Hammond says: “I think of this piece as an amulet for propitious things in the journey of this life and beyond.”

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