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Spring in the Northern Hemisphere 1987: Somerset, England [LZ]
Sandy Gellis (American, born in 1944)
Printed by: Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop (New York, founded in 1948)
Printed by: Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop (New York, founded in 1948)
1987–88
Medium/Technique
Color etching, one from the portfolio of eleven prints
Dimensions
Sheet: 12 x 12 in.
Credit Line
Bequest of Richard E. Caves
Accession Number2022.1174.6
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints – Portfolios
DescriptionPublished by the artist. Twelve coated brass plates were sent to twelve different locations. Each person was asked to place the plate outside, below or above the earth, from March 21 through June 20, 1987. The initial patterns made on the plate by springtime rain, temperature shifts, sun and wind, were etched further into the plate, deepening the imprint already made. [PB from Chicago, Illinois, wrote: "I'm afraid to tell you that the post office lost the plate."]
InscriptionsIn graphite, verso: 6/12 LZ Somerset, England SG '87
Provenance1995, sold by Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston to Richard E. Caves (b. 1931 – d. 2019), Cambridge, MA; 2022, bequest of Richard E. Caves to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 20, 2022)