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Puzzled People

Artist (United States)
Date1981
MediumColor screenprint on paper
DimensionsIMAGE: 4 x 5 1/2 in.
IMAGE: 102 x 140 mm
SHEET: 6 5/8 x 8 3/4 in.
SHEET: 168 x 222 mm
Object TypePrints
Credit LineKSU, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art
Edition1/10
Object number2004.159
On View
Not on view
Description
Human nature is puzzling, artist Gail Selfridge suggests in this series of portraits every which way. The puzzle piece is an emblem of the Autism Society, a symbol of the intricacy of the human brain. Students at Kansas State University interested in unlocking the mysteries of human personality can enroll in courses addressing social work, psychology, and psychiatry, among other disciplines.

Selfridge’s most recent art explores nature. Her coloring book on leaves can be found on the museum’s Exploration Station outside this gallery. She is a member of the American Society of Botanical artists.
Exhibitions
Red Sky, Yellow Field
Gail Hammond Butt, Jr.
ca. 1958
1958.3
Gail Lutsch, Pied Beauty II, 1994, photomechanical reproduction, 4 x 5 13/16 in., Kansas State …
Gail Lutsch
1994
CM15c.2023
Night Comes to Verdigris
Robert W. Regier
1979
1998.7
Christ and the Money Changers
Caroline Thorington
1970
2017.276
Pool of Blind Swimmers
Margo Kren
1980
2016.146
Juan Boza Sanchez, Columbia the Gem of Space, 1981, lithograph, 15 x 22 1/4 in., Kansas State U…
Juan Boza Sanchez
1981
2022.72
Indian Rhino
Caroline Thorington
2015
2017.284
Norman Akers, New Company, 2011, color monotype on paper, 9 13/16 x 13 3/4 in., Kansas State Un…
Norman Akers
2011
2012.149
War Horses
René Victor Auberjonois
20th century
2015.33
Twin Coves
Robert Cunningham
1976
2017.83
Twin Coves
Robert Cunningham
late 20th century
2017.84
People and Buggy
Herschel C. Logan
mid 20th century
2018.129