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The Fallen Jar
The Fallen Jar

The Fallen Jar

Primary (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1941—Rhinebeck, New York, present)
NationalityArgentinean, South America
Date1988
MediumOffset lithograph, two-color etching, softground etching, and screenprint
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)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of the artist, 1993.86
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Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number1993.86
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Though 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.
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