The End

Details

RAYMOND MATERSON (b. 1954)
The End
embroidered RM '92 lower right; titled, signed and dated THE END / Raymond Materson / 3/16/92 on reverse
unraveled sock threads
2 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. central image; 5 x 3 1/2 in. overall
Executed in 1992.

Literature

Ray Materson and Melanie Materson, Sins and Needles: A Story of Spiritual Mending (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2002), p. 46.

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Lot Essay

According to Materson:
It depicts my suicide attempt in about 1985. In the background is my former wife and the little girl on the left is our daughter, who was about 4 years old at the time. I was still drinking heavily at the time and doing coke when I could afford it. This incident led to Marlys filing for divorce. At the time I created the piece I was incarcerated at the maximum security prison in Somers, CT.

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