Sunset Boulevard III

1968

Michael Mazur

Associated Names
Michael Mazur

Artist, American, 1935 - 2009

Maurice Sánchez

Printer, American, born 1945

Tamarind Institute

Publisher

The image displays an abstract composition with various shapes resembling elongated limbs and dark, shadowy forms. There are suggestions of a reclining figure with intertwined legs in the foreground, while the background features swirling patterns that evoke a liquid or wave-like appearance. Above, there are jagged, angular protrusions that resemble sharp mountain peaks or fragmented shards. The abstract nature of the image invites comparisons to scenes of repose or natural landscapes, blending forms and textures in a surreal manner.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on Copperplate Deluxe wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Dorothy J. and Benjamin B. Smith

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 73.6 x 48.3 cm (29 x 19 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1984.34.287

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hansen 2000, no. 201

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dorothy J. and Benjamin B. Smith, Beverly Hills, California; acquired 1984 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1993

  • Faces and Figures: Prints from the Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Gallery of Art, University of North Florida, Jacksonville; Salisbury State University Art Gallery, Maryland; Wichita Art Museum, Kansas, 1993-1995.

Bibliography

1989

  • Devon, Marjorie, and Peter Walch. Catalogue Raisonné: Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Inc., 1960-1970. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Art Museum, 1989, no. 2343.

2000

  • Hansen, Trudy V. The Prints of Michael Mazur, with a Catalogue Raisonné 1956-1999. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 2000, no. 201.

Inscriptions

lower left in crayon: tam Imp; lower right in crayon: Mazur; lower center verso in graphite by unknown hand: 2343 / copperplate Deluxe

Markings

embossed: [Tamarind] [Maurice Sánchez]

Wikidata ID

Q74048098

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