James Turrell
A1: Shanta

A1:  Shanta

© James Turrell

A1: Shanta
A1:  Shanta
ArtistAmerican, born 1943
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • A1: Shanta
  • from the portfolio First Light
Date1989–1990
PlaceNew York, NY, United States
MediumAquatint on wove paper, hors commerce 2
DimensionsPlate: 39 1/8 x 27 3/16 in. (99.4 x 69.1 cm)
Sheet: 42 7/16 x 29 13/16 in. (107.8 x 75.7 cm)
Credit LineThe Peter Blum Edition Archive, 1980-1994, museum purchase funded by the Alice Pratt Brown Museum Fund
Object number96.39.2.1
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
Numbered in graphite, lower left corner: "H.C. 2". Titled in graphite, lower left corner: "A1".
Signed in graphite, lower right corner: "James Turrell".

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D1:  Juke
James Turrell
1989–1990
Aquatint on wove paper, hors commerce 2
96.39.5.1
C1:  Carn
James Turrell
1989–1990
Aquatint on wove paper, hors commerce 2
96.39.4.1
B1:  Raethro
James Turrell
1989–1990
Aquatint on wove paper, hors commerce 2
96.39.3.1
E1:  Joecar
James Turrell
1989–1990
Aquatint on wove paper, hors commerce 2
96.39.6.1
A3: Afrum
James Turrell
1989–1990
Aquatint on wove paper, hors commerce 2
96.39.2.3
A2:  Catso
James Turrell
1989–1990
Aquatint on wove paper, hors commerce 2
96.39.2.2
A5:  Squat
James Turrell
1989–1990
Aquatint on wove paper, hors commerce 2
96.39.2.5
A4:  Munson
James Turrell
1989–1990
Aquatint on wove paper, hors commerce 2
96.39.2.4
E3:  Tollyn
James Turrell
1989–1990
Aquatint on wove paper, hors commerce 2
96.39.6.3
C3: Ondoe
James Turrell
1989–1990
Aquatint on wove paper, hors commerce 2
96.39.4.3
C2:  Acro
James Turrell
1989–1990
Aquatint on wove paper, hors commerce 2
96.39.4.2
D3:  Fargo
James Turrell
1989–1990
Aquatint on wove paper, hors commerce 2
96.39.5.3