Half Foot Etching with Black Cross (State) [special proof]

started 1985, published 1992

Jonathan Borofsky

Associated Names
Jonathan Borofsky

Artist, American, born 1942

Claudio Stickar

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

The image shows bold, dark shapes and lines on a textured light background. The shapes resemble a representation of a human foot with five oval forms for toes, emphasized with fingerprint-like textures. The larger shape appears as the sole, enclosed by fine border lines. Thin diagonal lines intersect the corners of the bounding square.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    photo-etching and drypoint in black on Meirat Velasquez handmade paper [special proof]

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Lee and Ann Fensterstock

  • Dimensions

    plate: 90.49 × 60.33 cm (35 5/8 × 23 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 104.14 × 73.03 cm (41 × 28 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.179.5

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lee and Ann Fensterstock, New York; acquired 2017 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 Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 1575.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 7.28. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower left corner in graphite: SP 1/2; lower right edge in graphite: Jonathan Borofsky; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: JB85-3130A

Markings

embossed lower right: © 1992 J.B. & [Gemini G.E.L.]; stamped lower left verso in gray ink: published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles

Wikidata ID

Q77260940

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