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Plain Sky Flower

1969

Otto Piene

Artist, German, 1928 - 2014

Tamarind Institute

Publisher

Medium

lithograph (aluminum) in black on calendered Rivespaper
Credit Line

Gift of Dorothy J. and Benjamin B. Smith
Dimensions

sheet: 89 x 63.5 cm (35 1/16 x 25 in.)
Accession

1984.34.596

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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. 2714.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: #19; across bottom in graphite: Tam. Imp. / Piene 69; lower center verso in graphite: 2714 / CR / CALENDERED RIVES

Markings

BS: Tamarind (T.1), Takatsuki (T.52)

Wikidata ID

Q74063025

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