The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 25, 2024

When I Announce My Plans to Marry

When I Announce My Plans to Marry

1998
(American, 1950-)
America
Lithograph, screenprint, and digitally-mastered image
Image: 45.5 x 33 cm (17 15/16 x 13 in.); Platemark: 55.9 x 57.1 cm (22 x 22 1/2 in.)
Gift of Linda and Jack Lissauer in honor of Emily J. Peters, PhD 2018.54
Location: not on view

Description

Ken Aptekar brings together Old Master paintings with texts in order to highlight the convergence of history and contemporary life that occurs in a museum environment. Aptekar reproduced the painting, Allegory of Peace, Art, and Abundance, by the German Renaissance artist Hans von Aachen (Hermitage Museum) and overlaid it with text that relates an autobiographical story, creating tension between the universal themes of the painting and his personal subjectivity.
  • Pyramid Atlantic, Hyattsville, MD
    Dr. & Mrs. Jack Lissauer, Shaker Heights, OH
    June 4, 2018
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Who RU2 Day: Mass Media and the Fine Art Print. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 18, 2018-March 24, 2019).
  • {{cite web|title=When I Announce My Plans to Marry|url=false|author=Ken Aptekar, Pyramid Atlantic|year=1998|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2018.54