James Turrell
Crater Bowl/Cross Section

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Artist James Turrell (American, born 1943)American, born 1943

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

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PRINTS

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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