Lesley Dill
Gold Word Figure
1998
Photogravure on Gampi paper
with attached thread
Approximately 31 x 20 inches
Edition: 30; XXXV
$2,000.
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Lesley Dill
Black Flower Hand
1997
Patinaed copper plate with silkscreen
26 x 22 inches
Edition: 5
$5,000. - Limited Availability
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Lesley Dill
We Look for Tracings
1997
Patinaed copper plate with silkscreen and thread
24 x 19 inches
Edition: 7
$4,000.
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Lesley Dill
Twist of the Funnel
1997
Lithograph, encaustic, silkscreen, with applique, wire, thread, and gold leaf on shellacked paper
Approximately 36-1/2 x 25-1/2 inches
Edition: 30; XXXV
$3,000.
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Lesley Dill
Woman with a Word Crown
1997
Screenprint on etched copper plate with patina;
poem fragment Hank Hine Temples
17 x 17 inches
Edition: 5
$4,000. - Limited Availability
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Lesley Dill
Ear Poem
1994
Assemblage with: cast bronze ear, lithograph on Gampi tissue paper, thread, Okawara paper and Plexiglas support
15 h x 13-1/2 w x 1 d inches
Edition: 15
$5,000.
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Lesley Dill
Eye Drop
1994
Assemblage with: balsawood, metal, copper, brass, paper, wood veneer and lithography
26 h x 20-1/2 w x 1/4 d inches
Edition: 25
$5,000.
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Lesley Dill
Copper Flower Hand
1997
Screenprint on etched copper plate with patina and attached thread
14-14/16 x 12-5/8 inches
Edition: 5
No Longer Available
Lesley Dill
Word Crown
1997
Assemblage with a copper relief mounted on silk, rag paper and museum board with attached thread
28-3/4 x 19-1/4 inches
Edition: 7
No Longer Available
Lesley Dill
A Phrase Like a Lariat
1997
Assemblage with: patinaed copper, silk cloth, thread, clay
coated Gampi paper, silkscreen and 4-ply museum board
32 x 25 inches
Edition: 7
No Longer Available
Lesley Dill
I Reach Along the Cord of Speech
1997
Patinaed copper plate with silkscreen and thread
17-3/4 x 13 inches
Edition: 5
No Longer Available
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Lesley Dill
No Matter What You Say
1997
Patinaed copper plate with silkscreen and thread
17-3/4 x 13
Edition: 5
No Longer Available
Lesley Dill
Poem Dress of Circulation
1994
Multimedia assemblage lithographed
48 x 40 x 10 inches
Edition: 50
No Longer Avaialable
Lesley Dill
Copper Poem Hands
1994
Patinaed copper wall sculpture with wire strung copper letters
57 h x 31 w x 2 d inches (installed)
Edition: 50
No Longer Available
Lesley Dill
New York artist Lesley Dill (b. 1950) is one of the most prominent American artists working at the intersection of language and fine art. Widely acclaimed for her sculptural, print and installation works that draw upon the poetry of another American woman artist, Emily Dickinson, Dill combines the word with the image, the fragile with the indestructible, the handmade with the computer-generated. A meeting of art and poetry, her works are rich in texture and temporal associations, evoking elusive, layered meanings.
Copper Poem Hands, We Look for Tracings, Woman with Word Crown, A Phrase Like a Lariat
Dill's residency at Graphicstudio yielded a number of innovative works serving up a twist on traditional printmaking. In Copper Poem Hands and We Look for Tracings the copper plates themselves, instead of paper impressions, are the prints.
Woman with Word Crown and A Phrase Like a Lariat take this a step further are plates in which the image is cut out of the copper. Delicate long and undulating threads suspended from the solid copper delineate the seeming fragility yet resounding effects of the spoken word.
In Copper Poem Hands the hands and the wire-strung letters, a poem fragment, are constructed from copper sheets that were then patinaed. This sculptural work features the text: “I felt my life with both hands To see if it was there."
Poem Dress of Circulation
Poem Dress of Circulation is a three-color lithograph assemblage that is hand stained and hand stitched blending printmaking, sculptural collage and poetry. The dress is made from Chiri Kozo paper which is reminiscent of commercial clothing patterns. A blue heart anchors the bodice while river-like veins of text trail down the skirt featuring the poem by Emily Dickinson, “The Heart has narrow Banks” (928).
The Heart has narrow Banks
It measures like the Sea
In Mighty – unremitting Bass
And Blue Monotony
Till Hurricane bisect
And as itself discerns
Its insufficient Area
The Heart convulsive learns
That Calm is but a Wall
Of unattempted Gauze
An instant’s Push demolishes
A Questioning-dissolves
Further Resources
Artist's Site: lesleydill.net
GS Blog Post: Leslie Dill's Graphicstudio Billboards
Printmaking + Sculpture Terms
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