Cat. No. 427.2, variant 5
The Night
- State/Variant:
- Version 2 of 2, variant
- Date:
- 2001
- Themes:
- Nature, Objects
- Techniques:
- Lithography
- Description:
- Lithograph, with black ink additions
- Support:
- Smooth, wove paper
- Dimensions:
- composition: 17 1/16 x 14" (43.3 x 35.6 cm); sheet: 25 3/16 x 20 1/16" (64 x 51 cm)
- Signature:
- Not signed
- Publisher:
- unpublished
- Printer:
- SOLO Impression, New York
- Edition:
- 6 known variant impressions of version 2
- 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:
Changes from version 1: matrix including flower imagery replaced with matrix including boot imagery, in lithography.
Addition via masking: moon. - Curatorial Remarks:
- A blended inking on one run created the blue to yellow-blue gradation.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 1116.2008
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY