ARTIST: John Steins
TITLE: Knife
MEDIUM: Photograph
EDITION SIZE: 50
IMAGE SIZE: 10 x 15 in.
PAPER SIZE: 13 x 19 in.
PAPER: Archival
OTHER MARKS: signed, titled, numbered in pencil

Commentary:

Magnified view of an old style utility knife with perspiration holes in the cast iron handle.  This heavy, red object lived in my father’s studio, which he used for cutting mat board, paper, etc. A common object as a powerful trigger for activating certain neural pathways in my memory.

This artwork is in The Canadian National Art Bank.