Desert Plant
1965
Artist, American, 1926 - 2013
Publisher
Artwork overview
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Medium
color lithograph on Rives Type IV paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 45.5 x 45.2 cm (17 15/16 x 17 13/16 in.)
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Accession
1983.18.177
More About this Artwork
Article: Ruth Asawa’s Little-Known Experiment with Printmaking
Memorialized in stamps for her wire sculptures, the artist’s experiments with printmaking have been largely forgotten.
Artwork history & notes
Exhibition History
2024
"American Modernism. Borderlands: Expanded Visions of the Southwest," National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, May 15, 2024–January 10, 2025.
Bibliography
1989
Devon, Marjorie, and Peter Walch. Catalogue Raisonné: Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Inc., 1960-1970. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Art Museum, 1989, no. 1460.
Inscriptions
on verso: (signed)
Markings
BS: Tamarind (T.1), Rock (T.37)
Watermarks
None.
Wikidata ID
Q74040264