Untitled (The Postman Always Rings Twice)

Steve WolfeWW-1996-102017

1996·Oil, screen print ink, modeling paste, canvas board, paper, and wood·19 × 14 × 2.5 cm (7 1/2 × 5 1/2 × 1 in.)

Catalogue

Year: 1996
Medium: Oil, screen print ink, modeling paste, canvas board, paper, and wood
Dimensions: 19 × 14 × 2.5 cm (7 1/2 × 5 1/2 × 1 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Steve Wolfe

Artist

Steve Wolfe

Mixed Media

Steve Wolfe is an American artist known for meticulous trompe-l'oeil sculptures of books, records, and printed ephemera, rendered in oil, screenprint, and modeling paste on wood. His painstakingly handcrafted replicas compress autobiography, literary history, and material culture into objects that hover between painting and sculpture. His work is held by the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Pisa, Italy

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