[Ocean surface] / V. Celmins '92. – Vintage Print
![[Ocean surface] / V. Celmins '92., [The Grenfell Press Ltd.], 1992. — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/37/37023aa07467-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: [Ocean surface] / V. Celmins '92., preserved in this historic print. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Ocean surface] / V. Celmins '92.
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Rendered in woodcut, this sheet belongs to a group of ocean surfaces that Vija Celmins made in the early 1990s, and it is numbered 12 of an edition of 50 and signed and dated in pencil. Celmins, a Latvian-born American artist, built these images around close attention to the texture of moving water, with no horizon, no sky, and no clear sense of scale, so the surface fills the entire sheet. The print was published by the Grenfell Press and printed by Leslie Miller, and the Library of Congress acquired it in 1993 through its Pennell Fund.
| Created / published | [The Grenfell Press Ltd.], 1992. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : woodcut ; 39 x 49.5 cm. (sheet) |
| Genre | Seascapes 1990-2000.Woodcuts 1990-2000. |
| Notes | Printed by Leslie Miller. Edition: 12/50. Signed and dated in pencil. Purchase (Pennell Fund); 1993; (DLC/PP-1993:040). |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,708 × 3,000 px · prints to 12 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-197807 |
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