The Horizon is a Biological Line, 1985

Not on View

Medium

color gravure with hand-coloring on Fabriano Rosaspina wove paper

Dimensions

plate: 65.4 x 50.5 cm (25 3/4 x 19 7/8 in.)

sheet: 78 x 60.5 cm (30 11/16 x 23 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Gemini G.E.L. and the Artist

Accession Number

1989.55.57

Artists / Makers

Donald Saff (artist) American, born 1937

Doris Simmelink (printer) American, active late 20th century

Kenneth Farley (printer) American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L. (publisher)

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Inscription

center in plate: Sky / - the horizon is a biological line - / Earth; lower center in graphite: N.G.A. Donald Saff; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: DS83-3113

Marks and Labels

Provenance

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; acquired 1989 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Gemini G.E.L.
Saff, Donald

Exhibition History

1990: Gemini G.E.L.: American Master Prints, Glasgow Print Studio, Scotland, 1990.

Bibliography

1966: Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 1242.

2011: Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 46.1. http://www.nga.gov/gemini