Cat. No. 1335
The Sky Was Spinning
- State/Variant:
- Only state
- Date:
- 2008
- Themes
- Abstraction, Nature, Spirals
- Techniques
- Etching
- Support:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- sheet: 5 1/4 × 8 3/4" (13.3 × 22.2 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" right lower margin, pencil.
- Publisher
- Osiris
- Printer
- Wingate Studio
- Edition:
- Unique
- Edition Information:
- Two plates are superimposed in this composition; one is printed in blue and the other is printed in red. The plate printed in blue also appears in Untitled (Orbits and Gravity #1) (second panel), Untitled (Orbits and Gravity #2) (left panel), Untitled (Orbits and Gravity #3), and in “Fall.” The plate printed in red also appears in Untitled (Orbits and Gravity #1) (third panel), Untitled (Orbits and Gravity #4) (B), and in Untitled (Orbits and Gravity #6) (left plate, center of sheet). All are seen in Related Works in the Catalogue.
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Curatorial Remarks:
- The color of the hand additions, plate size, and paper type could not be documented because this work is not in MoMA's Collection and could not be examined in person.
- Description:
- Etching, with gouache, watercolor, and pencil additions
- Inscription:
- "The Sky Was Spinning" lower middle margin, pencil, artist's hand.
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY