Stan Washburn
(American,
b. 1943)
Academic, from the series A Moral Alphabet of Vice and Folly
Date:
1983
Medium:
Etching
Object Dimensions:
16 1/4 x 14 3/4 in. (41.28 x 37.47 cm)
Credit Line:
Gift of the artist, 2002.008.01.02
Photo Credit:
Jueqian Fang
An Academic speculated whether a bather is beautiful if there is none in the forest to admire her. He hid in the bushes to find out, which vitiated his premise but made him happy.
Moral: Empiricism is more fun than speculation.