Menu du 13 Septembre 2007
Frank Boyden; Margot Voorhies Thompson, Menu du 13 Septembre 2007, 2007, drypoint with watercolor and black ink on cream wove paper, Gift of the Artist, © 2007 Frank Boyden, 2007.72
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- Title
Menu du 13 Septembre 2007
- Artist
- Related People
inspired by: James Ensor (Belgian, 1860-1949)
printer: Frank Boyden (American, born 1942)
- Date
2007
- Medium
drypoint with watercolor and black ink on cream wove paper
- Edition
31/35
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
plate: 11 5/8 in x 7 13/16 in; sheet: 14 in x 10 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
inscription: Made in honor of Tom & Lori Firman - / and thanks to CG Boemer Aug 16, 2007, graphite, verso, l.l. to l.c.
inscription: 31, graphite, verso, l.l.
blind stamp: (shape of a shell), lower left
signed and dated: F Boyden 07, graphite, below the platemark, l.l.
inscription: Huitres / Hors d'oeuvres / Megalosor / cuissot d'ange de Firman / Terrines Hummel/ Ecrivisses / Fromages / Epersons a boire / vins extraordinaires, pen and black ink, within the image, c.c.
inscription: Menu du 13 Septembre 2007, pen and black ink, within the image, u.c.
- Collection Area
Graphic Arts; Northwest Art
- Category
Prints
- Object Type
intaglio print
- Culture
American
- Credit Line
Gift of the Artist
- Accession Number
2007.72
- Copyright
© 2007 Frank Boyden
- Terms
Oregon artist Frank Boyden and calligrapher Margot Voorhies Thompson collaborated on this menu inspired by James Ensor's Menu pour Charles Vos, also in this exhibition. The occasion was a special dinner to celebrate the opening of the 2007 exhibition Conversations Across Time, Ensor, Boyden at C. G. Boerner Gallery, New York. Boyden continued Ensor's witty theme, serving up mégalosor (megalosaurus) and offering cuissot d’ange de Firman (angel haunch of Firman), playfully teasing Tom Firman, a collector of both Ensor's and Boyden's work.
The edition number of each impression can be deduced by the number of flies depicted; this sheet, edition 31 of 35, has thirty-one of these buzzing pests.
- Exhibitions
2014 Feast and Famine: The Pleasures and Politics of Food Portland Art Museum
