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Variation on a Head IV

1964

Nathan Oliveira

Artist, American, 1928 - 2010

Tamarind Institute

Publisher

Medium

lithograph (zinc) in black on Rives BFK paper
Credit Line

Gift of Dorothy J. and Benjamin B. Smith
Dimensions

sheet: 63.5 x 56.6 cm (25 x 22 5/16 in.)
Accession

1984.34.480

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Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1989

Devon, Marjorie, and Peter Walch. Catalogue Raisonné: Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Inc., 1960-1970. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Art Museum, 1989, no. 1093.

Inscriptions

across bottom in graphite: Tam Imp / Variations on a Head IV / N. Oliveira 64; lower left verso in graphite: 1093

Markings

BS: Tamarind (T.1), Dowell (T.11)

Wikidata ID

Q74062386

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