9 Stones 2

1989

John Cage

Associated Names
John Cage

Artist, American, 1912 - 1992

Crown Point Press

Publisher

The image shows irregular ovals and circles overlapping to form an abstract composition resembling a loosely arranged stack of rings or pebbles. The shapes are in varying colors such as dark brown, maroon, olive, and muted blue. The background has soft, blurred, and indistinct pale grayish tones that contrast with the bold shapes in the foreground.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color spitbite aquatint and sugarlift on smoked Whatman paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Kathan Brown

  • Dimensions

    image: 35.6 x 40.6 cm (14 x 16 in.)
    sheet: 58.4 x 46.4 cm (23 x 18 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.93.61

  • Copyright

    © John Cage Trust

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Acquired by NGA 1996 directly from Kathan Brown.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2013

  • Yes, No, Maybe: Artists Working at Crown Point Press, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1 Sep 2013 - 5 Jan 2014.

Bibliography

2013

  • Brodie, Judith, and Adam Greenhalgh. Yes, No, Maybe: Artists Working at Crown Point Press. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 2013, p. 93, pl. 16.4.

Inscriptions

across bottom below plate mark: OKTP 9 Stones 2 John Cage '89

Watermarks

along right side: J. Whatman England

Wikidata ID

Q75400528

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