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Tracing Luminaries: Plate No.I26070 (Before the Novae Geminorum of 1903 & 1912)

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Tracing Luminaries: Plate No.I26070 (Before the Novae Geminorum of 1903 & 1912)
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Print studioSt. Louis
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Tracing Luminaries: Plate No.I26070 (Before the Novae Geminorum of 1903 & 1912)
Date2023
MediumLaser engraving with 24k gold, cyanotype, printed chine collé on kozo paper, on wove paper, edition 12/18
DimensionsPlate: 11 1/4 × 9 in. (28.6 × 22.9 cm)
Sheet: 17 × 15 in. (43.2 × 38.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Francis L. Lederer Foundation, courtesy of Sharon Lederer
Object number2024.4
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist and Island Press, St. Louis, 2023; [Inman Gallery, Houston, 2023]; purchased by MFAH, 2023.
Exhibition HistoryInman Gallery, Houston, Erika Blumenfeld: Tracing Luminaries, March 10-April 23, 2023.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: [none]
Verso: Titled in graphite, below plate, left bottom edge: TRACING LUMINARIES: PLATE NO. I26070
Verso: Editioned in graphite, below plate, center bottom edge: 12/18
Verso: Signed and dated in graphite, below plate, right bottom edge: Erika Blumenfeld [cursive] 2023
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, below plate, bottom left corner: EB - 02 - 23
Verso: Stamp in ink, bottom left corner: Island Press / Washington University in St. Louis
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