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Creator:
Bill Jay, 1940–2009
Title:
The Good Teacher Points at the Moon, the Good Student Looks at the Moon - Not at the Finger
Date:
before 1992
Materials & Techniques:
Collage on moderately thick, smooth, white wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 × 8 1/2 inches (27.9 × 21.6 cm), Image: 9 3/4 × 6 1/2 inches (24.8 × 16.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in black ink, lower left: "THE | GOOD TEACHER | POINTS | AT THE | MOON"; lower right: "THE | GOOD STUDENT | LOOKS | AT THE | MOON | - NOT AT THE | FINGER"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower right: "67"

Signed in black ink, lower center: "BJ"

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Joy of Giving Something, Inc.
Copyright Status:
© Estate of the Artist
Accession Number:
B2019.16.633
Classification:
Photographs
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Access:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:80801
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