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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M25995
People
Vija Celmins, American (Riga, Latvia born 1939)
Title
Ocean Surface
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
2000
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/70118

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Wood engraving
Dimensions
block: 20.8 x 25.8 cm (8 3/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: V. Celmins
  • inscription: yes, lower margin below block edge, graphite, hand written, signed, in artist's hand: edition numbering, signature, date: 66/75 V. Celmins 2002
  • watermark: lower edge of sheet: ZERKALL

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Knoedler & Company, Inc., New York, New York], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, March 9, 2004

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
R. [41]

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund
Copyright
© Vija Celmins, Courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery
Accession Year
2004
Object Number
M25995
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Leslie Miller, "Voices in Print: Grenfell Press. Leslie Miller in Conversation with David Storey, Art in Print (Chicago, IL, 2016), Vol. 6, no. 1, p. 33, ill.

Verification Level

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