Taking Flight

2000

Tom Marioni

Associated Names
Tom Marioni

Artist, American, born 1937

Crown Point Press

Publisher

Case Hudson

Printer, American, born 1968

Rachel Fuller

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Dena Schuckit

Printer, American, active late 20th century

The image shows numerous small white dots spread out on a dark background, creating an abstract composition. The dots resemble a starry night sky, evoking thoughts of constellations or cosmic patterns. The density of the dots differs throughout the image, with some areas having dense clusters like a galaxy, while others are sparsely scattered like distant stars in space.
This object’s media is not available for download. Contact us about image usage.
Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color woodcut on Hosho mounted on Stonehenge paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Kathan Brown

  • Dimensions

    image: 102.2 x 69.9 cm (40 1/4 x 27 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 104.1 x 67.3 cm (41 x 26 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.142.78

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Kathan Brown, San Francisco: Gift to NGA, 2001.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

in graphite in image area: lower right: OKTP; lower left: Marioni 99

Wikidata ID

Q76358959

You may be interested in

Loading Results