TitleDo Nothing Till You Hear From Me
Artist
Ann Chernow
(American, b. 1936)
Date1995
MediumEtching and aquatint, printed in brown ink on white wove paper
DimensionsSheet size: 22 3/16 × 14 15/16 in.
Plate size: 14 3/4 × 8 15/16 in.
Mat size: 27 5/8 × 16 1/2 in.
Edition8/25
SignedSigned in brown crayon at LR: "Ann Chernow".
SubmissionNA diploma presentation, May 19, 1999
Credit LineNational Academy of Design, New York, NY
Object number1999.99
Label Text"From age ten until I left for college, movie visits were a weekly ticket to paradise," Ann Chernow said. Films functioned as "dream screens" for her and her sister who were "early Mia Farrows of The Purple Rose of Cairo." Her work is based upon specific scenes and impressions from American movies, particularly those of the 1930's and 1940's. It is said that Chernow "transmutes mythic film goddesses and their signature glossy stills into ordinary women in the process of seeking and forming identities, and requires us to finish their stories." The title may refer to the Duke Ellington jazz song made famous by Billie Holiday in the 1940's. Chernow is a poet as well as an artist and has been published in over 100 poetry journals.
