Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 8

Lesley Dill
"Listen (Dust is the Only Secret), " Mixed Media signed by Lesley Dill

2006

About the Item

"Listen (Dust is the Only Secret)" is an original lithograph with nylon string by Lesley Dill. The artist signed the piece lower left. It depicts the silhouette of a man constructed from repurposed paper that reads "Dust is the Only Secret." A blue plume emerges from behind the silhouette. 18" x 9 3/4" art 22 1/8" x 14 1/8" frame Lesley Dill is one of the most prominent American artists working at the intersection of language and fine art. Her elegant sculptures, art installations, mixed-media photographs, and evocative performances draw from both her travels abroad and profound interests in spirituality and the world’s faith traditions. Exploring the power of words to cloak and reveal the psyche, Dill invests new meaning in the human form. Intellectually and aesthetical engaging, the core of her work emerges from an essential, visionary awareness of the world. Fluid metaphors, appropriated from the poetry and writings of Emily Dickinson, Salvador Espriu, Tom Sleigh, Franz Kafka, and Rainer Maria Rilke, connect the diverse media that Dill employs. Paper, wire, horsehair, photography, foil, bronze, and music comprise elements through which the artist conveys the complexities of communication. The often secret, indecipherable, and bold meanings of words emerge not only from hearing their sounds, but by feeling them—language is a visceral, bodily experience. Dill challenges the viewer to confront our linguistic relationships as well as perceptions of language itself.
  • Creator:
    Lesley Dill (1950, American)
  • Creation Year:
    2006
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 22.125 in (56.2 cm)Width: 14.125 in (35.88 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Milwaukee, WI
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 12908g1stDibs: LU60533142883

More From This Seller

View All
"Radio and Bowlers in the Cloud: Homage to René Magritte" Ed. 2 by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Radio and Bowlers in the Cloud" is a work by David Barnett inspired by the surrealist works of René Magritte in conjunction with the David Barnett Gallery's 2020 exhibition of Magritte lithographs. In this artwork, Barnett references this past master, but also contemporary technology by making bowler hats dance across the cloud-filled sky above an antique GE...
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Giclée

"Radio and Bowlers in the Cloud: Homage to René Magritte" Ed. 1 by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Radio and Bowlers in the Cloud" is a work by David Barnett inspired by the surrealist works of René Magritte in conjunction with the David Barnett Gallery's 2020 exhibition of Magritte lithographs. In this artwork, Barnett references this past master, but also contemporary technology by making bowler hats dance across the cloud-filled sky above an antique GE...
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Giclée

"Radio and Bowlers in the Cloud: Homage to René Magritte" Ed. 3 by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Radio and Bowlers in the Cloud" is a work by David Barnett inspired by the surrealist works of René Magritte in conjunction with the David Barnett Gallery's 2020 exhibition of Magritte lithographs. In this artwork, Barnett references this past master, but also contemporary technology by making bowler hats dance across the cloud-filled sky above an antique GE...
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Giclée

Lounging
By Ananda Kesler
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Edition2/10 Signed to lower right Ananda Kesler was born in Haifa, Israel. In 2002 she received her BA in Fine Art from the University of Iowa. She has continued her art education ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled
By Ananda Kesler
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Edition 2/13 Signed to lower right Ananda Kesler was born in Haifa, Israel. In 2002 she received her BA in Fine Art from the University of Iowa. She has continued her art education ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled
By Ananda Kesler
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Edition 1/13 Signed to lower right Ananda Kesler was born in Haifa, Israel. In 2002 she received her BA in Fine Art from the University of Iowa. She has continued her art education...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

You May Also Like

LOVE LETTERS: LETTER X
By Bruce Helander
Located in Aventura, FL
Lithograph with embellishment (glitter paint) on paper. Hand signed, dated and numbered by the artist. Edition of 49. Image size 36.5 x 28 inches. Sheet size 41 x 32 inches. Sm...
Category

1990s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Lithograph

Passages - A Suite of 16 Prints by Patricia Pearce and other artists
By Patricia A. Pearce
Located in Soquel, CA
Passages - A Suite of 16 Prints by Patricia Pearce and other artists A set of lithographs by College of San Mateo class of 1992, instructed by Patricia A. Pearce (American, b 1948). Each print is on laid paper, meaning they all have ragged edges. Presented in a black folio with title sheet, table of contents, and ties. Includes protective tissue paper dividers between each piece. Each piece is numbered, titled, and signed by the artist. Patricia Pearce is a California artist who attended San Francisco State and UC Irvine and is the adjunct Professor of Fine Art at the College of San Mateo. Her early work on paper explored images of garments using various printmaking techniques. Later, she began to work mainly in collagraph and monotype prints creating singular images of kimonos and ribbons in her subtle shifting, subdued pieces are constructed in a three-step process. Awards include Grade Prize, 3rd Biennial Exhibition of Prints, Wakayama Japan; Grant, Peninsula Community Foundation. Collections: Nieman Marcus, San Francisco; Wells Fargo, San Francisco Exhibitions: Montalvo, California Center for the Arts; Pacific Prints, Palo Alto. Other artists in the collection include: Tom Attix Donna Catalini I. Colon Nancy Conner Judith Gaulke (American, b. 1946) is originally from Hood River, Oregon. Gaulke has been working in oils on canvas most of her life, painting seriously since 1988 when she had her first showing, then her first gallery representation in 1990. She is attracted to lone objects and scenes not yet populated — table settings, chairs, boats — all interpreted to give the viewer a sense of calm. Gaulke now resides in Atherton, California with her husband Michael. Together they created the Michael and Judith Gaulke Chair of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Oregon State University, an endowment for the College of Engineering. Exhibitions: “Varied Visions” - Main House at Holbrook-Palmer Park, Atherton, CA - 1998 Solo Show - Wente Vineyards, Livermore, CA - 1998 Atherton Arts Foundation Show - Jennings Pavilion, Holbrook-Palmer Park, Atherton, CA - 2006, 2009-2011 Pacific Art League 95th Anniversary Exhibition - Palo Alto, CA - 2016 Betty Gong M. A. Gothan Gretel Hadland Tokuko Ikeda Michelle P. Kern (American, 20th C) has lived and worked in Northern California all her life. Educated in art in the Bay Area, she has worked in art and arts education for several decades. She has a BFA and MFA in Ceramics from California College of the Arts. Kern has taught ceramics for the College of San Mateo since 2006. She has also taught for the Summer Enrichment Program for California College of the Arts, the Richmond Art Center, the California State Summer School for the arts, and for the summer program for the Crystal Springs Uplands School. Kern was the recipient of the Ernie Kim...
Category

1990s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Mixed Media, Laid Paper, Lithograph

2 1/4 Eggleston (Limited Edition Monograph Hand signed by William Eggleston)
By William Eggleston
Located in New York, NY
William Eggleston 2 1/4 Eggleston (Hand signed by William Eggleston), 2011 Fifth Edition hardback monograph cloth-bounded with tipped-in image to ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Mixed Media, Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset

Takashi Homma Tokyo monograph, hand signed, inscribed and dated by Takashi Homma
Located in New York, NY
Takashi Homma Tokyo (hand signed, inscribed in Japanese and dated by Takashi Homma), 2008 Softback monograph with dust jacket, roughcut and deckled edges...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary More Art

Materials

Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset

Monograph, Hand Signed by Francesco Clemente and inscribed with a small drawing
By Francesco Clemente
Located in New York, NY
Francesco Clemente Clemente (Hand Signed by Francesco Clemente and inscribed with a small drawing), 1998 Large Illustrated Softback Exhibition Catalogue. (Hand signed and inscribed t...
Category

1990s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset

Tracey Emin: My Photo Album (Hand signed, inscribed and dated by Tracey Emin)
By Tracey Emin
Located in New York, NY
Tracey Emin Tracey Emin: My Photo Album (Hand signed, inscribed and dated by Tracey Emin), 2013 Hardback monograph (hand signed, inscribed to Kevin and dated by Tracey Emin) Warmly signed, inscribed and dated by Tracey Emin on the title page 9 × 7 1/4 × 1 inches Warmly signed, inscribed to Kevin and dated by Tracey Emin on the title page Tracey signed this for the present owner at an official book signing in New York back in 2013, so provenance is direct. Publisher's blurb: My Photo Album is a journey through the life of British artist Tracey Emin using photographs from her personal collection. Edited from the albums she has kept from an early age, this visual autobiography contains some amazing images: Tracey sharing a pram as a baby with her twin Paul, her bus-pass photo aged 14, a ‘glamour’ shoot as a semi-naked art...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset

Recently Viewed

View All