Night and Day

started 1994, published 1995

Elizabeth Murray

Associated Names
Elizabeth Murray

Artist, American, 1940 - 2007

Claudio Stickar

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Desiree Scott

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

The image shows a chaotic array of intersecting and overlapping lines creating an intricate patchwork of shapes. The abstract style resembles a whimsical landscape with various elements resembling a sun, eyes, foliage, organic forms, and flowing shapes. There is a dominant large orange and green shape in the center with a curling tail, and splashes of pink and black lines that evoke motion and texture similar to coral formations or a blooming garden.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph, screenprint, and intaglio on Lanaquarelle Watercolor wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gemini G.E.L. and the Artist, in honor of Andrew Robison

  • Dimensions

    plate: 21.27 × 18.73 cm (8 3/8 × 7 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 42.55 × 39.05 cm (16 3/4 × 15 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.146.48

  • Series Title

    Bounding Dog

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; acquired 2016 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 Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 1663.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 35.10. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower left corner in graphite: S.P. 1/8; lower right corner in graphite: Elizabeth Murray 95; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: EM94-1370

Markings

embossed lower center: © [Gemini G.E.L.]; stamped lower left verso in gray ink: published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles

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