Smoke Weather Stone Weather OK to Print

1991

John Cage

Associated Names
John Cage

Artist, American, 1912 - 1992

Crown Point Press

Publisher

This abstract composition features a network of lines and shapes on a textured background. There is a large irregular rectangle outlined in brown in the upper portion of the canvas, with circles and curving lines in green, yellow, and red scattered throughout. Earthy tones are punctuated by soft, smudged patches, adding depth and fluidity.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    softground, spitbite, and sugarlift aquatint on smoked handmade Okinawa paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Kathan Brown

  • Dimensions

    image: 38.1 x 63.5 cm (15 x 25 in.)
    sheet: 38.1 x 63.5 cm (15 x 25 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.93.68

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1997

  • Thirty-five Years at Crown Point Press, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997, no. 197*.

Bibliography

1997

  • Thirty-five Years at Crown Point Press. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington; The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1997-1998: no. 197*.

Inscriptions

in graphite; lower left: Smoke Weather Stone Weather OK to Print; lower right: John Cage 1991

Wikidata ID

Q75400471

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