The Fallen Jar
Primary
Liliana Porter
(Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1941—Rhinebeck, New York, present)
NationalityArgentinean, South America
Date1988
MediumOffset lithograph, two-color etching, softground etching, and screenprint
Edition Info30/35
DimensionsSheet: 41 5/16 × 29 3/8 in. (105 × 74.6 cm)
Additional Dimension: 23 7/16 × 17 11/16 in. (59.5 × 45 cm)
Additional Dimension: 23 7/16 × 17 11/16 in. (59.5 × 45 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of the artist, 1993.86
Keywords
Rights Statement
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number1993.86
On View
Not on viewThough Porter has created what is essentially a still life, she challenges the conventions of that genre through the use of spontaneous, gestural drawing and the suggestion of movement. Both help to create a dynamic image that transforms a traditionally formal and static genre. Porter, however, uses a typical aspect of still life painting, the momento mori, to comment on the passage of time. The momento mori, usually a decaying flower or skull, in this case a fallen jar, suggests the transient nature of life.
Exhibitions
![La mujer del pescador [The Fisherman’s Wife]](/internal/media/dispatcher/6314/thumbnail)
![The Unending Story [Historia sin fin]](/internal/media/dispatcher/16261/thumbnail)
![Sin título, del portafolio Gráfica latinoamericana [Untitled, from the portfolio Latin American Graphic Art]](/internal/media/dispatcher/11029/thumbnail)
Liliana Porter
1970
Object number: 1997.48.12/19
![Drum Solo [Solo de Tambor]](/internal/media/dispatcher/19270/thumbnail)
![Trabajo forzado [Forced Labor]](/internal/media/dispatcher/15748/thumbnail)
![Sin título (autorretrato con cuadrado) [Untitled (Self Portrait with Square)]](/internal/media/dispatcher/73747/thumbnail)
Liliana Porter
1973, printed 2012
Object number: 2026.31