The Horizon is a Biological Line

1985

Donald Saff

Associated Names
Donald Saff
Artist, American, born 1937
Doris Simmelink
Printer, American, active late 20th century
Kenneth Farley
Printer, American, active late 20th century
Gemini G.E.L.
Publisher
The image displays various shapes and lines on a blank background. There is an ornate decorative element in the upper portion, a chair with a blue cushion, a detailed dragonfly, a small round orange figure, and an abstract brushstroke pattern resembling a face on the left.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color gravure with hand-coloring on Fabriano Rosaspina wove paper

  • Credit Line

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

  • Dimensions

    plate: 65.4 x 50.5 cm (25 3/4 x 19 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 78 x 60.5 cm (30 11/16 x 23 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1989.55.57

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; acquired 1989 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1990

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

Bibliography

1966

  • Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 1242.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 46.1. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

center in plate: Sky / - the horizon is a biological line - / Earth; lower center in graphite: N.G.A. Donald Saff; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: DS83-3113

Wikidata ID

Q74883617

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