Weather-ed OK to print

1983

John Cage

Associated Names
John Cage

Artist, American, 1912 - 1992

The image depicts an abstract composition with variations in texture and tone, resembling a foggy sky or worn surface. The main shape is a cloud-like formation in the center, intersected by faint vertical and diagonal lines that resemble scratch marks or erosion. The scene evokes weathered stone or an old painting's surface where time has softened edges and blurred details into an ethereal canvas.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color photo-etching on Somerset Satin paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Kathan Brown

  • Dimensions

    image: 47.3 x 25.6 cm (18 5/8 x 10 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 67.3 x 40.6 cm (26 1/2 x 16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.93.43

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Acquired by NGA directly from Kathan Brown 1996.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

below plate mark in graphite; lower left: Weather-ed OKto print; lower right: John Cage 1983; at bottom right in graphite in another hand(?): y

Wikidata ID

Q75400574

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