Changes and Disappearances No. 32

1982

John Cage

Associated Names
John Cage

Artist, American, 1912 - 1992

Crown Point Press

Publisher

The image features intersecting lines and shapes in blue, green, and brown colors. The lines create an intricate pattern with faint complex shapes interspersed throughout, resembling camouflage or topographical map waves. The composition balances chaos and order.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color engraving, drypoint, and photo-etching on Twinrocker Gray-Green laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Kathan Brown

  • Dimensions

    image: 28.6 x 55.3 cm (11 1/4 x 21 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 28.6 x 55.3 cm (11 1/4 x 21 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.93.35

  • Copyright

    © John Cage Trust

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1997

  • Thirty-five Years at Crown Point Press, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997, no. 192*.

2013

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

Bibliography

1997

  • Thirty-five Years at Crown Point Press. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington; The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1997-1998: no. 192*.

2013

  • Brodie, Judith, and Adam Greenhalgh. Yes, No, Maybe: Artists Working at Crown Point Press. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 2013, p. 81, pl. 11.4.

2014

  • Tallman, Susan. "Exhibition Review: Yes, No, Maybe."Art in Print 3, no. 5 (January-February 2014): 27-31, repro.

Inscriptions

in graphite; lower right verso: Changes and Disappearances 32 John Cage 1982. one of three impressions

Markings

stamped in gray lower left verso: (chop of Crown Point Press) / Lilah Toland / Crown Point Press

Wikidata ID

Q75400607

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