John Cage

30 Drawings by Thoreau

1974

Abstract composition of colorful doodles and circular shapes scattered on a beige background.
Abstract composition of colorful doodles and circular shapes scattered on a beige background.

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Date
1974

Classification
Prints

Medium
Screenprint

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 30 5/16 × 20 1/8 in. (77 × 51.1 cm)

Accession number
80.34.1

Edition
AP 21/30 | Ed. 100

Publication
Printed by Simca Print Artists; published by Multiples, Inc.; published by Castelli Graphics

Credit line
Gift of Calvin Tomkins

Rights and reproductions
© 1960 by Henmar Press, Inc. C.F. Peters Corporation. Sole selling agent. All rights reserved. Used by kind permission.

API
artworks/3670

Part of a series:
The Cunningham Portfolio
7 works

A low horizontal band of colorful staggered rectangular stripes creating a wavy layered pattern.
Abstract composition of colorful doodles and circular shapes scattered on a beige background.
Bright yellow, green, and teal brushstrokes form swirling, overlapping patterns across the page.
A simple brown line drawing of a dancer balancing on one leg with arms outstretched.
Yellowed paper with faint embossed profile outline and initials "M. D." in the lower right.
A silhouetted person leans back while holding a chair against colorful floral wallpaper.
Black-and-white geometric maze of three-dimensional rectangular walls viewed from an angled top perspective.

John Cage
11 works in the collection, 8 exhibitions

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