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Drypoint - Ocean Surface - Second State

1985

Vija Celmins

(American, 1939-)
published by

Gemini G.E.L.

Culture
America
Medium
drypoint
Support
White wove paper (Rives BFK)
Measurements
Sheet: 60.8 x 48.1 cm (23 15/16 x 18 15/16 in.); Platemark: 19.7 x 25.1 cm (7 3/4 x 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1993.212
Edition
55 plus 12 artist's proofs and 6 edition proofs
Impression
49/55
Copyright
Copyright
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print

Description

Vija Celmins's work is obsessively detailed and meticulously crafted, revealing her devotion to the act of making art. Printmaking appealed to Celmins in part because she enjoyed practicing the same techniques that artists utilized centuries ago. She once said, "A lot of us have lost of lot of skills over the years." Working from photographs taken near her home in Venice, California, she made several graphite drawings and prints of the ocean. Celmins's choice of ocean imagery is not driven by its potential to suggest place and evoke meaning, but rather by the artistic opportunities it offers. "I like looking and describing, using images to explore the process of making."

Drypoint - Ocean Surface - Second State

1985

Vija Celmins, Gemini G.E.L.

(American, 1939-)
America

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