Day Two from Seven Day Diary (Not Knowing), 1978

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series Title

Seven Day Diary (Not Knowing)

Medium

etching, drypoint, and softground etching from a portfolio of seven etchings and drypoints on wove Rives paper

Dimensions

plate: 2.9 x 10.5 cm (1 1/8 x 4 1/8 in.)

sheet: 30.5 x 43.2 cm (12 x 17 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Kathan Brown

Catalogue Raisonné

Breuer 1997, no. 186

Accession Number

1996.93.26.2

Artists / Makers

John Cage (artist) American, 1912 - 1992

Stephen Thomas (printer) American, active 1978

Crown Point Press (publisher)

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Copyright

Inscription

"OK to print J.C." verso, lower left sheet, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "Cage: Seven Day Diary (Not Knowing) Day 2" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Marks and Labels

None.

Provenance

Acquired by NGA in 1996 directly from Kathan Brown.

Associated Names

Brown, Kathan

Exhibition History

1997: Thirty-five Years at Crown Point Press, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997, no. 186*, as Seven Day Diary (Not Knowing): Day Two.

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

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. 186*.

2013: Brodie, Judith, and Adam Greenhalgh. Yes, No, Maybe: Artists Working at Crown Point Press. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 2013, p. 76, pl. 9.2.