Aleph²

1969

Rockne Krebs

Artist, American, 1938 - 2011

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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

the artist, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1974; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1983

  • Rockne Krebs: A Retrospective of Drawings, 1965-1982, Baxter Art Gallery, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1983-1984, no. 5

Bibliography

1983

  • Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 254, no. 1683.

Inscriptions

upper left in red colored pencil over graphite: "Aleph²"; upper left in graphite: (squared); upper right in graphite [vertically]: Gallery 65 Corcoran Scale 1/2"=1' / CEILING Height - 13'; top left of square around red diagonal lines, in graphite, in artist's hand: 7 1/2; top center of square around red diagonal lines, in graphite, in artist's hand: 25' / TOP VIEW; top right of square around red diagonal lines, in graphite, in artist's hand: mirror; right center of square around red diagonal lines, in graphite, in artist's hand: 23'; lower right of square around red diagonal lines, in graphite, in artist's hand: 9 1/2'; lower right of square around red diagonal lines, in graphite, in artist's hand: Try to put argon mount above door drill a / hole through wall for shot down through galleries; left center of square around red diagonal lines, in graphite, in artist's hand: 10' 3" 1' 4 1/2"; upper left, inside of square around red diagonal lines, in graphite, in artist's hand: 1' 4 1/2"; upper right, inside of square around red diagonal lines, in graphite, in artist's hand: RCA / 125 mw / argon [in rectangle]; right center, inside of square around red diagonal lines, in graphite, in artist's hand [vertically]: BLOCK DOOR; lower right, inside of square around red diagonal lines, in graphite, in artist's hand: Both mirror either side 7' above floor; lower right, inside of square around red diagonal lines, in red ink, in artist's hand [vertically]: one lasers (4 mw uni lab) that goes between all four mirrors.; center, below squared box of red diagonal lines, in graphite, in artist's hand: argon / fun + part of both "RA" + "Aleph²"; center, below squared box of red diagonal lines, in red ink, in artist's hand: point of reflection; top center of lower right rectangle, outside rectangle, in graphite, in artist's hand: 10' 4"; right center of lower right rectangle, outside rectangle, in graphite, in artist's hand: 6' 4"; lower right of lower right rectangle, outside rectangle, in graphite, in artist's hand: Bolts into support frame / that allow mirror to be adjusted; lower left corner of lower right rectangle, outside rectangle, in graphite, in artist's hand: 2" / 2"; left center of lower right rectangle, outside rectangle, in graphite, in artist's hand: 1 x 4 wood frame to which mirror is mounted; top center of lower right rectangle, inside rectangle, in graphite, in artist's hand: 10'; right center of lower right rectangle, inside rectangle, in graphite, in artist's hand: 6'; lower right of lower right rectangle, inside rectangle, in graphite, in artist's hand: consider / BLUE area [underlined] spread on / mirror around points of / Reflection.; lower left, in graphite, in artist's hand: hi dad; lower right in graphite, in artist's hand: RKrebs / 4/69

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q64629402


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