Lita Albuquerque

Solar Eclipse
1992

A triptych of celestial-themed panels with deep blue backgrounds and gold accents. The left panel shows a crescent moon with a gold interior and a black shadow, the middle panel features a ring eclipse with a gold corona and black center, and the right panel depicts a partial eclipse with a gold crescent on a black circle. The artwork has a textured appearance, evoking a sense of cosmic phenomena.
A triptych of celestial-themed panels with deep blue backgrounds and gold accents. The left panel shows a crescent moon with a gold interior and a black shadow, the middle panel features a ring eclipse with a gold corona and black center, and the right panel depicts a partial eclipse with a gold crescent on a black circle. The artwork has a textured appearance, evoking a sense of cosmic phenomena.

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Date
1992

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph and gold leaf

Dimensions
Sheet: 27 1/2 × 60 1/8in. (69.9 × 152.7 cm) Image: 16 × 48 7/16in. (40.6 × 123 cm)

Accession number
2000.130

Edition
28/40 | 12 APs, 4 PPs, 4 TPs, 1 BAT, 2 Cirrus proofs, 4 Progressive proofs

Publication
Printed and published by Cirrus Editions

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Eileen and Peter Norton

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/12699

Lita Albuquerque
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