Hi Hat Dracula

1968

Billy Al Bengston

Associated Names
Billy Al Bengston

Artist, American, 1934 - 2022

Tamarind Institute

Publisher

The image shows light, indistinct shapes on a pale background, forming patterns of soft and repetitive lines. There are vertical elements descending from clusters of rounded forms, creating an abstract composition. The scene has an ethereal quality, suggesting familiar objects like chandeliers, but not fully revealing them.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

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

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Dorothy J. and Benjamin B. Smith

  • Dimensions

    image: 41.9 x 67.3 cm (16 1/2 x 26 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 62.5 x 77.5 cm (24 5/8 x 30 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1983.18.293

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. 2332II.

Inscriptions

on recto: (initialed)

Markings

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

Wikidata ID

Q74040759

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