Composition in painted green tiles with letters and symbol
literary-inspired conceptual artwork dedicated to James Joyce’s modernist masterpiece, Ulysses
The inscription “Stately, plump”, written in small letters at the front, marks the literal first words of the book
The letters and symbols spelling out “Yes” throughout the grid echo the novel’s famous, lyrical final stream-of-consciousness sequence from Molly Bloom (“…and yes I said yes I will Yes.”)
Robert Courtright (1926–2012) was an acclaimed American artist, collagist, painter, and sculptor who spent over half a century living and working as an expatriate in Europe. He is most celebrated for his unique architectural collages, monochromatic paper grids, and distinctive masks
Signed and dated (1996) on the font and countersigned on the back
Under plexiglass