James Turrell
Crater Bowl/Cross Section

Crater Bowl/Cross Section

© James Turrell

Crater Bowl/Cross Section
Crater Bowl/Cross Section
ArtistAmerican, born 1943
PrinterSwiss, 1944–1999
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Crater Bowl/Cross Section
  • from the series Mapping Spaces
Date1988
PlaceNew York City, New York, United States
MediumAquatint, photoetching, etching, soft ground etching, and drypoint in black, gold, and red, edition 3/35
DimensionsPlate (left): 13 1/4 × 9 13/16 in. (33.7 × 24.9 cm)
Plate (right): 13 1/4 × 9 13/16 in. (33.7 × 24.9 cm)
Sheet: 22 1/8 x 31 1/4 in. (56.2 x 79.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Peter Blum Edition Archive, 1980-1994, museum purchase funded by the Alice Pratt Brown Museum Fund
Object number96.38.5
Not on view

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Object Type
Provenance[Peter Blum Gallery, Blumarts Inc., New York, by 1996]; purchased by MFAH, 1996.
Exhibition History"Singular Multiples: The Peter Blum Edition Archive, 1980-1994," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 23, 2006 - October 15, 2006.

"James Turrell: The Light Inside," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 9 June - 22 September 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Numbered in graphite, lower left: 3/35
Recto: Signed in graphite, lower right: James Turrell
Recto: Signed in graphite, lower right: James Turrell
Recto: Watermark, right bottom corner: [rooster encircled]

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East Chamber
James Turrell
1988
Aquatint, photoetching, and etching in gold, black, and pink, edition 3/35
96.38.4
West Chamber
James Turrell
1987
Aquatint, photoetching, and etching in blue, black, and pink, edition 3/35
96.38.3
North Chamber
James Turrell
1987
Aquatint, photoetching, and etching in blue and black, edition 3/35
96.38.2
Fumarole
James Turrell
1987
Photoetching, aquatint, drypoint, etching, and soft ground etching, edition 3/35
96.38.1
James Turrell
c. 1988
Aquatint, photoetching, etching, soft ground etching, and drypoint in colors [left]; Aquatint, photoetching, soft ground etching and etching in colors on wove paper [right], working proof
96.470
James Turrell
no date
Aquatint and photo aquatint in colors [left]; Aquatint, photo aquatint and etching in colors [right]
96.468
James Turrell
no date
Aquatint and photo aquatint in colors [left]; Aquatint, photo aquatint and etching in colors [right], working proof
96.469
James Turrell
no date
Aquatint, photo aquatint, etching and soft ground in colors
96.465