Cat. No. 427.1
The Night
- State/Variant:
- Version 1 of 2
- Date:
- 2001
- Themes:
- Nature
- Techniques:
- Lithography
- Description:
- Lithograph, with blue ink and white gouache additions
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- composition: 17 1/16 x 14" (43.4 x 35.5 cm); sheet: 19 13/16 x 16 1/8" (50.3 x 41 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" lower right margin, red ink.
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- SOLO Impression, New York
- Edition:
- 1 known impression of version 1
- Impression:
- Not numbered
- Edition Information:
- Proof before the editioning of version 2.
- State Changes and Additions:
- Matrices:
The progression of this composition, as seen in the Evolving Composition Diagram below, included 11 different aluminum lithography plates. The combinations of plates (and the colors of ink) vary from one impression to another.
Print State Changes:
Addition via masking: moon. - Curatorial Remarks:
- The artist considered publishing an edition of version 1 after publishing version 2, but it never came to fruition.
A blended inking on one run created the blue to yellow-blue gradation. - MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1113.2008
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY

















