General Site Plan Roden Crater
Artist
James Turrell (American, born 1943)American, born 1943
CultureAmerican
Titles
- General Site Plan Roden Crater
- Infinite Light Series
Date1986
MediumPhoto emulsion on wax and mylar with ink, pigments, and wax pastels
DimensionsOverall: 109 1/8 × 324 × 2 in. (277.2 × 823 × 5.1 cm)
Sheet (Visible, each): 35 5/8 × 35 5/8 in. (90.5 × 90.5 cm)
Frame (Outer, each): 36 7/16 × 36 7/16 × 2 in. (92.5 × 92.5 × 5.1 cm)
Sheet (Visible, each): 35 5/8 × 35 5/8 in. (90.5 × 90.5 cm)
Frame (Outer, each): 36 7/16 × 36 7/16 × 2 in. (92.5 × 92.5 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Lannan Foundation
Object number2024.806.1-.27
Non exposé
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Department
Modern and Contemporary ArtObject Type
Exhibition HistoryJames Turrell: A Retrospective. Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, May 26, 2013 - April 6, 2014
James Turrell: Roden Crater. Reno: Nevada Museum of Art, March 10, 2018 - January 6, 2019
James Turrell: Infinite Light. Scottsdale, AZ: Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, February 11 - June 3, 2001.
Published References Govan, Michael, Christine Y. Kim, and Alison de Lima Greene et al., James Turrell: A Retrospective. Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2013. Tomkins, Calvin, “Flying into the Light: How James Turrell turned a crater into his canvas,” The New Yorker (January 13, 2003): https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2003/01/13/flying-into-the-light Amman, Jean-Christophe, Craig Adcock, Mario Diacono, and E.C. Krupp, Mapping Spaces. New York: Peter Blum Edition, 1987. de Wilde, Edy, Jim Turrell: Light Projections and Light Spaces. Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 1976. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Each print is numbered in black overlayed with silver, bottom right corner
Print 1 Recto: numbered lightly in red ink, bottom right corner
Print 4 Recto: numbered lightly in red ink, bottom right corner
Print 5 Recto: numbered lightly in red ink, bottom right corner
Print 13 Recto: numbered lightly in red ink, bottom right corner
Print 16 Recto: inscribed in graphite bottom center edge: General Site Plan - Roden Crater, 1986 James Turrell 27 Parts [cursive] 16
Verso: Each frame is numbered in red #8168
Print 1 Recto: numbered lightly in red ink, bottom right corner
Print 4 Recto: numbered lightly in red ink, bottom right corner
Print 5 Recto: numbered lightly in red ink, bottom right corner
Print 13 Recto: numbered lightly in red ink, bottom right corner
Print 16 Recto: inscribed in graphite bottom center edge: General Site Plan - Roden Crater, 1986 James Turrell 27 Parts [cursive] 16
Verso: Each frame is numbered in red #8168
Print 16 Recto: signed in graphite bottom center edge: James Turrell [cursive]
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