Glacier Bay

1975

Vija Celmins

Artist, American, born Latvia, 1938

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite on paper prepared with acrylic ground

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Edward R. Broida

  • Dimensions

    overall: 73.5 x 148.5 cm (28 15/16 x 58 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2005.142.9

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(David McKee Inc., Los Angeles); purchased 1985 by Edward R. Broida, Los Angeles; gift 2005 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1992

  • Vija Celmins Retrospective, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia; Henry Art Gallery, Seattle; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 1992-1994.

2006

  • Selections from the Collection of Edward R. Broida, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2006, unnumbered brochure.

Inscriptions

verso: Vija Celmins 1975 / This work is dedicated to the indigenous / peoples who for centuries have inhabited / this austere and beautiful land- Alaska.

Wikidata ID

Q64633677

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