Ideal City

© Dorothea Rockburne

Ideal City

Currently not on view

Princeton Collects

Ideal City,

1988–89

Dorothea Rockburne, born 1932, Montréal, Canada; active New York, NY
2024-166

Information

Title
Ideal City
Dates

1988–89

Maker
Dorothea Rockburne
Medium
Watercolor and gold leaf on prepared acetate
Dimensions
206.7 × 145.7 cm (81 3/8 × 57 3/8 in.) frame: 221 × 152.4 × 7.5 cm (87 × 60 × 2 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Alexandra F. Johnston
Object Number
2024-166
Place Made

North America, United States

Signatures
Titled, signed and dated on recto: Ideal City, Rockburne 88/89
Culture
American, Canadian
Type
mixed media, watercolors
Materials
watercolors, gold leaf, acetate
Subject
mathematics, geometry

Gift of Alexandra F. Johnston, 2024; By transfer to Alexandra F. Johnston; Robert F. Johnston and Lynn D. Johnston, purchase by 1994

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