[Untitled] Web #3
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
Vija Celmins derives many of her images from photographs and is particularly interested in translating three-dimensional scenes to two-dimensional surfaces. Internationally known for her intensely realistic renditions of natural environments, the artist here also conveys a sense of abstraction and illusion. Celmins recently turned her attention to spiderwebs after making images of bodies of water, skies, and sandy deserts for many years. “Maybe I identify with the spider,” she once stated. “I’m the kind of person who works on something forever and then works on the same image again the next day.”
Caption
Vija Celmins American and Latvian, born 1938. [Untitled] Web #3, 2002. One color aquatint/drypoint, Sheet: 20 1/8 x 24 3/16 in. (51.1 x 61.4 cm) Image: 15 x 19 in. (38.1 x 48.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Frank L. Babbott, Jr., by exchange, 2003.35. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2003.35.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
[Untitled] Web #3
Date
2002
Medium
One color aquatint/drypoint
Classification
Dimensions
Sheet: 20 1/8 x 24 3/16 in. (51.1 x 61.4 cm) Image: 15 x 19 in. (38.1 x 48.3 cm)
Signatures
Signed and dated lower right in graphite: "V. Celmins '02"
Markings
Embossed lower right with Gemini chop
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Frank L. Babbott, Jr., by exchange
Accession Number
2003.35
Rights
© artist or artist's estate
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