Ward Jackson

Transit III
1987

A black and white abstract print featuring a series of geometric shapes arranged in a rectangular pattern. Each shape is a diamond divided into four smaller triangles with varying patterns of solid black and white spaces. The artwork is signed and dated "Ward Jackson 1987" in the bottom right corner and titled "Ornament III" in the bottom center, with an edition number "6/140" on the bottom left. The print is centered on a white background with ample margins.

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Date
1987

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 12 3/4 × 9 13/16in. (32.4 × 24.9 cm) Image: 4 × 5 3/4in. (10.2 × 14.6 cm)

Accession number
2011.24.17

Edition
6/140 | 10 APs

Publication
Printed by Atelier Franck Bordas; published by American Abstract Artists

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Transfer, from the Frances Mulhall Achilles Library, Special Collections, Whitney Museum of American Art

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/38653

Part of a series:

American Abstract Artists 50th Anniversary Print Portfolio

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Ward Jackson
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Ward Jackson

Transit III 1987

Ward Jackson 2 works in the collection

Transit III
1987

Ward Jackson
2 works in the collection