The Missing Stone

1989

John Cage

Associated Names
John Cage

Artist, American, 1912 - 1992

Crown Point Press

Publisher

The image displays various lines and organic shapes on a neutral background. The composition features forms resembling loops of ribbon, incomplete circles, and fluid brushstrokes. Some shapes and lines interweave, while others stand distinctly, resembling leaves, pathways, or fluid forms.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color spitbite aquatint and sugarlift aquatint on smoked Somerset Textured White paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Kathan Brown

  • Dimensions

    plate: 116.2 x 90.5 cm (45 3/4 x 35 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 137.2 x 103.5 cm (54 x 40 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.93.67

  • Copyright

    © John Cage Trust

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Acquired by NGA in 1996 directly from Kathan Brown.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2013

  • Yes, No, Maybe: Artists Working at Crown Point Press, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1 Sep 2013 - 5 Jan 2014.

Bibliography

2013

  • Brodie, Judith, and Adam Greenhalgh. Yes, No, Maybe: Artists Working at Crown Point Press. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 2013, p. 65, pl. 16.6.

Inscriptions

along bottom edge of image in graphite: OK to Print The Missing Stone John Cage '89

Wikidata ID

Q75400475

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