Cat. No. 427.1
The Night
- State/Variant:
- Version 1 of 2
- Date:
- 2001
- Themes
- Nature
- Techniques
- Lithography
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- composition: 17 1/16 x 14" (43.4 x 35.5 cm); sheet: 19 13/16 x 16 1/8" (50.3 x 41 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" lower right margin, red ink.
- Publisher
- unpublished
- Printer
- SOLO Impression
- Edition:
- 1 known impression of version 1
- Edition Information:
- Proof before the editioning of version 2.
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Curatorial Remarks:
- The artist considered publishing an edition of version 1 after publishing version 2, but it never came to fruition.
A blended inking on one run created the blue to yellow-blue gradation. - Description:
- Lithograph, with blue ink and white gouache additions
- State Changes and Additions:
- Matrices:
The progression of this composition, as seen in the Evolving Composition Diagram below, included 11 different aluminum lithography plates. The combinations of plates (and the colors of ink) vary from one impression to another.
Print State Changes:
Addition via masking: moon. - MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1113.2008
Version 1 of 2
2001
The Night
2001
Source
1994-95
Untitled, no. 220 of 220, from the series, The Insomnia Drawings
1994-95
Untitled, no. 220 of 220, from the series, The Insomnia Drawings
1994-95
Medium: Ink and pencil on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 10 1/2 x 8" (26.6 x 20.3 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Version 1 of 2
2001
<i>The Night</i>
2001
Version 2 of 2, variant
2001
<i>The Night</i>
2001
Version 2 of 2, variant
2001
<i>The Night</i>
2001
Version 2 of 2, variant
2001
<i>The Night</i>
2001
Version 2 of 2, variant
2001
<i>The Night</i>
2001
Version 2 of 2, variant
2001
<i>The Night</i>
2001
Version 2 of 2, variant
2001
<i>The Night</i>
2001
Version 2 of 2
2001
<i>The Night</i>
2001
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1998
Untitled
1998
Medium: Ink and pencil on paper
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© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Untitled, no. 57 of 220, from the series, The Insomnia Drawings
1994-1995
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1994-1995
Medium: Ink and pencil on paper
Dimensions: sheet: 10 1/2 x 8" (26.6 x 20.3 cm)
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY