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© Vija Celmins, Courtesy of McKee Gallery

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The View,

1985

Vija Celmins, American, born 1939
text by Czesław Miłosz, Polish, 1911–2004
Mezzotints printed by Doris Simmelink, American, active late 20th century
Published by the Library Fellows of the Whitney Museum of American Art
2004-32

Information

Title
The View
Dates

1985

Maker
Vija Celmins
text by Czesław Miłosz
Mezzotints printed by Doris Simmelink
Published by the Library Fellows of the Whitney Museum of American Art
Medium
Mezzotint on Rives BFK off-white wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 37.5 × 27.7 cm (14 3/4 × 10 7/8 in.) book: 38.3 x 28.4 cm. (15 1/16 x 11 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of James Kraft, Class of 1957
Object Number
2004-32
Place Made

North America, United States, New York, New York

Inscription
Signed in pen and black ink, last page, center: Vija Celmins / Czeslaw Milosz
Culture
American
Type
books, mezzotints
Materials
wove paper
Subject
stars, trees, spheres, text

James Kraft, Lenox, Massachusetts, gift; to Princeton University Art Museum, 2004.

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