Cat. No. 649/I
The Song of the Blacks and the Blues
- State/Variant:
- State I of II
- Date:
- 1996
- Themes
- Abstraction, Spirals
- Techniques
- Lithography, Relief
- Support:
- Wove BFK Rives paper
- Dimensions:
- composition: 21 1/2 × 96" (54.6 × 243.8 cm); sheet: 21 1/2 × 96" (54.6 × 243.8 cm)
- Signature:
- Not signed
- Publisher
- unpublished
- Printer
- SOLO Impression
- Edition:
- 1 known impression of state I
- Edition Information:
- Proof before the editioning of state II.
The printer’s documentation sheet lists five trial proofs, as follows:
1. Black Background, white and black shapes
2. Black Background with color notations on shapes
3. Black background with red and blue shapes sewn on
4-5. Blue background with red and blue shapes
Proofs number 1 and 3 possibly correspond with state I and II, variant, respectively, in the Evolving Composition Diagram below. Proofs 2, 4, and 5 were not located and could not be examined. - Impression:
- Not numbered
- Curatorial Remarks:
- Woodcut was used to add texture to the solid background areas. Wood grain is visible using the zoom feature. Hand additions were applied to further delineate shadows and highlights.
- Description:
- Lithograph and woodcut, with white chalk and black gouache additions
- Inscription:
- Verso: "LiTHO / 7 feet long [sketch of composition]" written sideways in center right sheet, pencil, artist's hand.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 651.1996
- This Work in Other Collections:
- The British Museum, London
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
1996
The Song of the Blacks and the Blues
1996
Source
1989
Maggots
1989
Maggots
1989
Medium: Chalk on paper mounted on painted wood
Dimensions: board: 21 x 96" (53.3 x 243.8 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
1996
<i>The Song of the Blacks and the Blues</i>
1996
1996
<i>The Song of the Blacks and the Blues</i>
1996
1996
<i>The Song of the Blacks and the Blues</i>
1996
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