Berlin Dream Stamp (Negative Version) [special proof]

started 1985, published 1991

Jonathan Borofsky

Associated Names
Jonathan Borofsky

Artist, American, born 1942

Photo Impact

Printer

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

The image shows a grid arrangement of rectangles. Each rectangle contains a dark silhouette of an animal that resembles a panther with a long curved tail. In the background of each rectangle, diagonal lines create a patterned design. The use of light and shadow creates an abstract composition. The repetition of the animal shape in multiple blocks reinforces the abstract nature of the image.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    perforated gelatin silver print [special proof]

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Lee and Ann Fensterstock

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 33.02 × 23.65 cm (13 × 9 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2000.177.4

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; Lee and Ann Fensterstock, New York; acquired 2000 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1966

  • Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 1476.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 7.32. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower right in silver ink (vertical): SP; upper right in silver ink (vertical): 3419834; center verso in silver ink: Jonathan Borofsky; upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand (vertical): JB85-9005A

Markings

stamped upper left verso in gray ink (vertical): © Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles; printed on verso: This Paper / Manufactured / By Kodak

Wikidata ID

Q64156080

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