Berlin Dream Stamp [special proof]

started 1985, published 1991

Jonathan Borofsky

Associated Names
Jonathan Borofsky

Artist, American, born 1942

Photo Impact

Printer

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

This is a drawing of a sheet of postage stamps featuring cats on a patterned background. The image shows thirty postage stamps arranged in a 5x6 grid. Each stamp depicts an illustration of a cat with bold lines and a stylized appearance. The background has a repetitive pattern resembling a lattice or woven surface. The image is monochrome with strong contrasts between black and white. The detailed textures in both the cat and the background pattern exhibit a meticulous line work technique, typical of artistic stamp designs.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    perforated gelatin silver print [special proof]

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gemini G.E.L. and the Artist

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 33.1 x 24 cm (13 1/16 x 9 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1989.55.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; acquired 1989 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2001

  • Transformation: Jews and Modernity, Arthur Ross Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 2001, no. 5

Bibliography

1966

  • Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 1263.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 7.31. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower left in black ink: SP; upper right in black ink (vertical): Jonathan Borofsky / 2995060; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: JB85-9005

Markings

embossed lower right: © [Gemini G.E.L.]; stamped lower left verso in gray ink: © Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles

Wikidata ID

Q64156079

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