The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 29, 2024

Apollo (Ascendant)

Apollo (Ascendant)

2018
(American, b. 1958)
Image: 76 x 30.2 cm (29 15/16 x 11 7/8 in.); Sheet: 76.8 x 57 cm (30 1/4 x 22 7/16 in.)
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

The artist Michael Loderstedt prepared for this print by making sketches of the CMA’s Apollo the Python Slayer, attributed to Praxiteles (see Related Artwork).

Description

Apollo (Ascendant), is the Print Club of Cleveland’s Publication No. 97 for the year 2019. Ohio artist Michael Loderstedt based the print on studies he made of the CMA’s Apollo the Python Slayer, attributed to Praxiteles (see Related Artwork). In the print, he shows the Apollo as an artifact, vulnerable to the ravages of time as seen from a viewpoint looking down. At the same time, the vertical orientation of the print recalls the sculpture’s original function as a Greek god.
  • 2018
    Michael Loderstedt (the artist), Cleveland, OH
    2018-2019
    The Print Club of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
    December 2, 2019
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • About the Artist: Michael Loderstedt, by Darlene G. Michitsch, The Print Club of Cleveland, 2019.
  • {{cite web|title=Apollo (Ascendant)|url=false|author=Michael Loderstedt, Artists Image Resource|year=2018|access-date=29 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2019.247