John Baldessari

Falling Star

1989–1990

Three-panel composition showing a yellow shooting star above a trapped worker among rubble with blue and red circles.
Three-panel composition showing a yellow shooting star above a trapped worker among rubble with blue and red circles.

John Baldessari, Falling Star, 1989–1990. Photogravure and aquatint, sheet: 64 3/4 × 23 1/16 in. (164.5 × 58.6 cm) Image: 62 13/16 × 20 13/16 in. (159.5 × 52.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Mary Ryan Gallery in honor of Marvin Lebowitz 2001.334. © John Baldessari
Permission courtesy of the artist

Recto

Not on view

Date
1989–1990

Classification
Prints

Medium
Photogravure and aquatint

Dimensions
Sheet: 64 3/4 × 23 1/16 in. (164.5 × 58.6 cm) Image: 62 13/16 × 20 13/16 in. (159.5 × 52.9 cm)

Accession number
2001.334

Edition
18/45 | 11 APs, 6 PPs, BAT

Publication
Printed by Branstead Studio; published by Brooke Alexander Editions

Credit line
Gift of Mary Ryan Gallery in honor of Marvin Lebowitz

Rights and reproductions
© John Baldessari
Permission courtesy of the artist

API
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