Matt Mullican

(Encyclopedia Diagram)
1998

Vintage scientific illustration featuring various diagrams related to physics and mathematics, including geometric shapes, wave patterns, and a grid with numerical data. The image has a classic, aged look with a beige background and is labeled with terms such as "Amplitude," "Aggregation," and "Plate I."
Vintage scientific illustration featuring various diagrams related to physics and mathematics, including geometric shapes, wave patterns, and a grid with numerical data. The image has a classic, aged look with a beige background and is labeled with terms such as "Amplitude," "Aggregation," and "Plate I."

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Date
1998

Classification
Prints

Medium
Photo-offset lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 15 3/4 × 9 5/8in. (40 × 24.4 cm) Image: 10 3/16 × 7 3/4in. (25.9 × 19.7 cm)

Accession number
98.75.15

Edition
AP 1/2

Publication
Printed by Domberger, Filderstadt/Stuttgart; published by Edition Schellmann

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/25469

Part of a series:

Sequences

45 works

A colorful abstract print featuring geometric shapes arranged to suggest a humanoid figure with a circular red patterned head, yellow neck, blue torso, and green legs, standing next to a black shape with a white circle on top.
A series of bone specimens, possibly human, arranged in parallel with varying lengths and shapes against a black background, all centered within a white border.
A collection of six pale yellow butterflies symmetrically arranged and pinned against a white background with a label that reads "Ourapteryx sambucaria."
A minimalist black and white graphic print featuring a central black rectangle with three horizontal stripes and four icons representing a person, a camera, a speech bubble, and a globe at the top. A smaller white rectangle is nested inside the black one on the bottom right. The image is surrounded by a wide white border.
A minimalist black and white graphic print featuring a central square surrounded by four icons representing a person, a camera, a speech bubble, and a globe, all set against a background with horizontal stripes.
A minimalist black and white graphic with a central square and four icons at the corners inside a larger square, depicting a stylized representation of a soccer or football field.
A minimalist black and white graphic print featuring a central square surrounded by four icons at the cardinal points on a black background with horizontal lines. The icons appear to represent a person, a camera, a chat bubble, and a globe. The artwork is bordered by a wide white margin.
A minimalist graphic artwork featuring a series of blue horizontal stripes with a central white square and four icons at the corners within the stripes, including a camera, a globe, a telephone, and a film reel, all set against a white background.
A minimalist graphic artwork featuring a series of blue horizontal stripes with a central white square and four icons at the bottom left and right corners, including a camera, a globe, and other abstract symbols, all set against a white background.
A minimalist graphic artwork featuring a series of blue horizontal stripes on a white background with a central square outline and four circular icons at the bottom, representing a camera, a globe, a wheel, and a film reel.

Matt Mullican
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