[Message from a desert star] – Antique Print
![[Message from a desert star], 1972 — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/23/23fdc6026e65-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: [Message from a desert star], preserved in this historic print. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Message from a desert star]
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*Message from a desert star* is a 1972 aquatint by Mark Tobey, the American painter known for his "white writing" style of dense, calligraphic lines drifting across a surface. This impression is numbered 9 of an edition of 96 and is signed and dated in pencil, with a blind stamp from Edition Beauclair of Frankfurt am Main. Tobey had long been drawn to Asian calligraphy, and the print shows how he applied that linear vocabulary to an etched plate. The caption card that supplies these details is old and unverified, so the edition and printer information should be checked against other sources.
| Created / published | 1972 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : aquatint. |
| Notes | Aquatint by Mark Tobey, 1890- . 9/96. Signed and dated in pencil. Blind stamp: Edition Beauclair, Frankfurtam-Main. Pennell Fund. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,130 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-145841 |
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