Rocket Dracula Segundo

1968

Billy Al Bengston

Associated Names
Billy Al Bengston

Artist, American, 1934 - 2022

Tamarind Institute

Publisher

The image shows faint, bulbous shapes forming letters on a light-colored canvas. The shapes create an abstract presentation where the letters are subtly visible but not immediately distinguishable. The overall tone is muted, with the forms blending seamlessly into the background, requiring a closer inspection to discern the abstract text-like figures reminiscent of a barely-there reflection or shadow.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph (stone) in light pearly-gray and light pearly-pink on Copperplate Deluxe paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Dorothy J. and Benjamin B. Smith

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 15 x 60.1 cm (5 7/8 x 23 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1983.18.286

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1989

  • Devon, Marjorie, and Peter Walch. Catalogue Raisonné: Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Inc., 1960-1970. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Art Museum, 1989, no. 2344.

Inscriptions

on recto: (initialed)

Markings

IS: BAB's Tamarind Impression; BS: Wujcik (T.57)

Wikidata ID

Q74040736

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