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Eye

1966

George Ortman

Artist, American, 1926 - 2015

Tamarind Institute

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph (stone) in black on German Etching paper
Credit Line

Gift of Dorothy J. and Benjamin B. Smith
Dimensions

sheet: 66.1 x 46 cm (26 x 18 1/8 in.)
Accession

1984.34.481.5

Flight

George Ortman, Tamarind Institute

1966

Oaxaca

George Ortman, Tamarind Institute

1966

Monte Alban

George Ortman, Tamarind Institute

1966

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. 1676.

Inscriptions

across bottom in graphite: Tamarind Impression / Eye / George Ortman; lower left verso in graphite: 1676

Markings

BS: Tamarind (T.1), deSoto (T.10)

Wikidata ID

Q74062424

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