Boris Margo

Tale of a Comet
1965

A textured, embossed print featuring abstract shapes and forms that resemble a stylized flame or organic emblem, with two smaller droplet-like shapes below it, all in a monochromatic white palette on a cream-colored paper. The artwork has a tactile quality with raised surfaces and is signed at the bottom right.

A textured, embossed print featuring abstract shapes and forms that resemble a stylized flame or organic emblem, with two smaller droplet-like shapes below it, all in a monochromatic white palette on a cream-colored paper. The artwork has a tactile quality with raised surfaces and is signed at the bottom right.

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Date
1965

Classification
Prints

Medium
Embossed cellocut

Dimensions
Sheet: 30 × 22 5/16in. (76.2 × 56.7 cm) Image: 29 15/16 × 19in. (76 × 48.2 cm)

Accession number
2003.44

Edition
AP

Publication
Printed by Boris Margo

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Murray Zimiles

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Boris Margo
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