The Prints of Vija Celmins
New York/New Haven: Metropolitan Museum of Art/Yale University Press, 2002. 1st Edition. Quarto, publisher's stiff illustrated paper wraps, french flaps.
Catalog published on the occasion of an exhibition of work by Latvian-American artist Vija Celmins held at the Metropolitan Museum in 2002. Celebrated for her photo-realistic paintings and drawings of environmental imagery and everyday objects, Celmins has also worked in woodcuts and printing since 1981. The first retrospective of her graphic and print works, the show presented fifty master prints of ocean surfaces, night skies, desert floors, and spider webs that she created using intaglio, lithography, mezzotint, and relief printing. Illustrated with numerous black-and-white plates; with an essay by contemporary curator of drawing and prints Samantha Rippner, an interview with the artist conducted by her collaborators and master printers Leslie Miller and Doris Simmelink, an exhibition checklist, and a selected bibliography. Fine. Item #12979
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