Alliance

started 1982, published 1983

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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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    aquatint, drypoint, and mezzotint on Fabriano Rosaspina wove paper

  • Credit Line

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

  • Dimensions

    plate (upper): 12.38 × 18.73 cm (4 7/8 × 7 3/8 in.)
    plate (lower): 12.7 × 17.62 cm (5 × 6 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 60.7 × 49.21 cm (23 7/8 × 19 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1988.74.13


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; acquired 1988 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1990

  • Gemini G.E.L.: American Master Prints, Glasgow Print Studio, Scotland, 1990.

1992

  • Master Prints from Gemini G.E.L., National Lending Service, Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, Savannah, Georgia; Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Iowa; Midland Center for the Arts, Texas; Diggs Gallery, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Maier Museum of Art, Randolph College, Lynchburg, Virginia; Wichita Art Museum, Kansas; Art Institute for the Permian Basin, Odessa, Texas; Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida; Newcomb Art Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana; Augustana College Art Gallery, Rock Island, Illinois; St. John’s Museum of Art, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1992-1997

Bibliography

1966

  • Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 1058.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 9.4. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: NGA; lower right in graphite: V. Celmins; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: VC82-3076

Markings

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

Wikidata ID

Q74880560


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