Night Sky 3
Celmins’s oeuvre is characterized by an embrace of formal and technical challenges and by a rich and prolonged engagement with a limited group of subjects. Central among these motifs is a star-filled night sky, shown tightly cropped and at a slight angle. Instead of dramatic black-and-white contrasts, Night Sky 3 has gentle gradations of gray, which, combined with the hazy and slightly out-of-focus quality of the image, reaffirm the connection to its photographic source.
Artwork Details
- Title: Night Sky 3
- Artist: Vija Celmins (American, born Riga, Latvia, 1938)
- Publisher: Gemini G.E.L.
- Printer: Jennifer Turner
- Printer: Carmen Schilaci
- Date: 2002
- Medium: One-color aquatint with burnishing and drypoint
- Dimensions: Sheet: 19 7/8 × 23 7/8 in. (50.5 × 60.7 cm)
Plate: 14 13/16 × 18 11/16 in. (37.6 × 47.5 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Vija Celmins, 2003
- Object Number: 2003.336.3
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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