Scrap Metal Drypoint #6

1978

Michael Heizer

Associated Names
Michael Heizer

Artist, American, born 1944

Anthony Zepeda

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Mark Stock

Printer, American, 1951-2014

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint in sepia on Arches 88 wove paper

  • Credit Line

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

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 89.2 x 212.4 cm (35 1/8 x 83 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1981.5.179

  • Series Title

    Scrap Metal Drypoints

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More About this Artwork

Video:  Science and Paper: Conserving a Drypoint by Michael Heizer

This video covers the conservation process for Michael Heizer's Scrap Metal Drypoint #6, developed by conservators, curators, and the artist himself.

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; acquired 1981 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2001

  • Best Impressions: 35 Years of Prints and Sculpture from Gemini G.E.L., National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2001-2002.

2015

  • The Serial Impulse at Gemini G.E.L., National Gallery of Art, Washingtonm, D.C.; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, 2015-2017.

Bibliography

1966

  • Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 827.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 22.20. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Heizer Gemini 2 78; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: MH78-3012

Markings

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

Wikidata ID

Q74035750

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