Joyce Wieland - Squid Jiggin' Grounds Framed

Artist: Joyce Wieland
Title: Squid Jiggin' Grounds
Date: 1973 
Medium: lithograph 
Edition: OS Proof 1/2
Image size: 15" x 15.75" 
Paper size: 20.75" x 29.5"
Framed

Squid Jiggin’ Grounds is a well-known Newfoundland folk song that Wieland mouthed directly onto the lithograph stone in a furthering of her exploration of Canadian anthems and identity. 

This two-colour lithograph was one of three prints created by Joyce Wieland at Open Studio in 1973. It is signed as the first of two ‘Open Studio Proofs’ that were assigned to the Open Studio print archive. This lithograph was printed with Don Holman, the then-Director of Lithography, whose embossed artist chop can be seen in the bottom right corner of the paper, alongside Steve Mackenzie, and Charles Wall. The original numbered edition size of this print was an edition of 50.

Signed: Joyce Wieland bottom right
Provenance: Open Studio print archive.