M22131: Comet
PrintsA black-and-white print shows a black square dotted with small, white circles. The circles are not all the same size, and they are not evenly spaced apart from each other. Just to the left of the center, there is a small, white diagonal line with a rounded top.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- M22131
- People
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Vija Celmins, American (Riga, Latvia born 1939)
- Title
- Comet
- Other Titles
- Series/Book Title: Skowhegan Suite 1992
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 1992
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/255463
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Linoleum cut with added wash to attenuate the effect of the comet's tail
- Technique
- Linocut
- Dimensions
- block: 36.1 x 42.4 cm (14 3/16 x 16 11/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: V. Celmins
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- [Oberon Press, New York, New York], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, April 13, 1993.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Edition
- artist's proof
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund
- Copyright
- © Vija Celmins, Courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery
- Accession Year
- 1993
- Object Number
- M22131
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Subjects and Contexts
- Collection Highlights
Verification Level
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