No. 3
John Willenbecher's print presents a geometric grid arrangement of five rows with four gray circles per row (some with black markings); yet in the last row (at bottom), all the circles are silver. The circles evoke celestial orbs, perhaps the moon. During the 1960s, the artist was making box constructions/assemblages, many containing rows of painted wooden spheres. Although he made few prints, this image has affinities with some of his box constructions.
Artwork Details
- Title: No. 3
- Artist: John Willenbecher (American, born Macungie, Pennsylvania, 1936)
- Date: 1964
- Medium: Screenprint
- Dimensions: Image: 12 in. × 9 1/2 in. (30.5 × 24.1 cm)
Sheet: 24 × 19 in. (61 × 48.3 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: John B. Turner Fund, 1967
- Object Number: 67.759
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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