Artist
Vija Celmins (American, born Latvia, 1938)American, born Latvia, 1938
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Untitled #3
Date2016
Printed inVentura, California, United States
MediumMezzotint on wove paper, edition 21/35
DimensionsPlate: 16 × 15 in. (40.6 × 38.1 cm)
Sheet: 21 1/2 × 18 7/8 in. (54.6 × 48 cm)
Sheet: 21 1/2 × 18 7/8 in. (54.6 × 48 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Judy and Marc Herzstein; Brooke, Dan, Lily, and Brette Feather; and Bari, David, Max, Elise, and Theodore Fishel in memory of Isabell and Max Herzstein
Object number2018.43.3
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
200 Brown Gallery
Exposé
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Department
Prints and DrawingsObject Type
"To the Skylark," The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Oct. 28, 2020 – July 27, 2021. [Inaugural Installation: Kinder Building 207: No Catalog]
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Editioned in graphite, below plate, lower left: 21/35
Recto: Signed and dated in graphite, below plate, lower right: V. Celmins [cursive] 2016
Recto: Signed and dated in graphite, below plate, lower right: V. Celmins [cursive] 2016
Recto: Signed and dated in graphite, below plate, lower right: V. Celmins [cursive] 2016
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Vija Celmins
2016
Series of five mezzotints, two with colored pencil (no. 2 and no. 5), on wove paper, edition 21/35 (nos. 1-4) and edition 21/35 (no. 5)
2018.43.1-.5
Vija Celmins
2002, published 2003
Aquatint with burnishing, scraping, and drypoint, edition 24/65
2008.12