Day Six from Seven Day Diary (Not Knowing)
1978
John Cage
Artist, American, 1912 - 1992
Printer, American, active 1978
Publisher
Artwork overview
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Medium
color etching, drypoint, softground etching, sugarlift aquatint, photo-etching, impressions from inked found objects, and color etching from a portfolio of seven etchings and drypoints on wove Rives paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 18.3 x 14.6 cm (7 3/16 x 5 3/4 in.)
sheet: 30.5 x 43.2 cm (12 x 17 in.) -
Accession Number
1996.93.26.6
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Catalogue Raisonné
Breuer 1997, no. 190
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Copyright
© John Cage Trust
Associated Artworks
See all 7 artworks
Day One from Seven Day Diary (Not Knowing)
John Cage, Stephen Thomas, Crown Point Press
1978
Seven Day Diary (Not Knowing)
John Cage, Stephen Thomas, Crown Point Press
1978
Day Two from Seven Day Diary (Not Knowing)
John Cage, Stephen Thomas, Crown Point Press
1978
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Acquired by NGA in 1996 directly from Kathan Brown.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1997
Thirty-five Years at Crown Point Press, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997, no. 190*, as Seven Day Diary (Not Knowing): Day Six.
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. 190*.
2013
Brodie, Judith, and Adam Greenhalgh. Yes, No, Maybe: Artists Working at Crown Point Press. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 2013, p. 77, pl. 9.6.
Inscriptions
"OK to print J.C." verso, lower left sheet, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "Cage: Seven Day Diary (Not Knowing) Day 6" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.
Markings
None.
Watermarks
None.
Wikidata ID
Q75403427