Concentric Bearings, D, 1983 - 1984, published 1985

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Medium

mezzotint, aquatint, drypoint, and photogravure in black on Rives BFK wove paper

Dimensions

plate (left): 11.7 × 9.84 cm (4 5/8 × 3 7/8 in.)
plate (center): 20.7 × 13.7 cm (8 1/8 × 5 3/8 in.)
plate (right): 24.2 × 17.9 cm (9 1/2 × 7 1/16 in.)

sheet: 45.72 × 56.99 cm (18 × 22 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edward R. Broida

Accession Number

2005.142.46

Artists / Makers

Vija Celmins (artist) American, born Latvia, 1938

Doris Simmelink (printer) American, active late 20th century

Kenneth Farley (printer) American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L. (publisher)

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Inscription

lower left in graphite: 22/34; lower right in graphite: V. Celmins; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: VC83-3098

Marks and Labels

Provenance

(David McKee Inc., New York); Edward R. Broida, Malibu, California; acquired 2005 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Edward R. Broida Trust

Exhibition History

2006: Selections from the Collection of Edward R. Broida, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2006.

2016: Three Centuries of American Prints: from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic; Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, 2016-2017, no. 136.

Bibliography

1966: Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 1222.

2011: Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 9.9. http://www.nga.gov/gemini