Alchemical Lion (+ Cover) - Jim Lee (NEW)
Alchemical Lion, Jim Lee

Alchemical Lion

Artist

Jim Lee

Nationality

American

Heritage

Asian

Medium

Offset Lithograph

Date

1991

Dimensions

10 1/2 x 59 3/4 inches

Edition Size

100 prints in this edition

Printer

Robert "Bob" Franklin

Provenance

Brandywine Workshop and Archives

Location

Philadelphia, PA

About the Work

Jim Lee is a publisher, printmaker, and professor of printmaking. Lee made use of his 1991 residency at Brandywine Workshop and Archives, Philadelphia, to produce a book illustrating the poetry of Jesse Glass. Alchemical Lion is a poem that moves back and forth from the present to the past. This temporal theme is well adapted to the techniques of offset lithography, in which images can be layered one over the other and locate text within the boundaries of the image. The syncopation of images, color, and words creates an experience that is truly alchemical or magical. "Alchemical Lion" refers to both the poem and the experience.
—From Brandywine Workshop and Archives records

About the Artist

Jim Lee

Asian American artist and printmaker Jim Lee was born in Wichita, KS. He attended Bethany College, WV, and received his MFA in printmaking and book arts at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is an associate professor at the Hartford Art Scho...

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