Helen Soreff

"Dead Dog on a Beach" Series

1987

A centered black rectangle above layered horizontal lines on a white background, creating a minimalist abstract composition.
A centered black rectangle above layered horizontal lines on a white background, creating a minimalist abstract composition.

Helen Soreff, "Dead Dog on a Beach" Series, 1987. Lithograph, sheet: 9 13/16 × 12 3/4 in. (24.9 × 32.4 cm) Image (irregular): 3 7/16 × 8 5/8 in. (8.7 × 21.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Transfer, from the Frances Mulhall Achilles Library, Special Collections, Whitney Museum of American Art 2011.24.41

Recto

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Date
1987

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 9 13/16 × 12 3/4 in. (24.9 × 32.4 cm) Image (irregular): 3 7/16 × 8 5/8 in. (8.7 × 21.9 cm)

Accession number
2011.24.41

Edition
6/140 | 10 APs

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

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

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
artworks/38677

Part of a series:
American Abstract Artists 50th Anniversary Print Portfolio
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