Merrill Wagner

AARKA
1987

A black and white abstract print featuring various irregular shapes and lines scattered across the page, resembling a map with symbols. Some shapes suggest landmasses or geographic features, while others are more ambiguous. There is a spiral near the bottom left, a jagged vertical line dividing the page, and a dustpan-like shape on the bottom right. The print includes handwritten text and numbers, suggesting it may be part of a limited series.
A black and white abstract print featuring various irregular shapes and lines scattered across the page, resembling a map with symbols. Some shapes suggest landmasses or geographic features, while others are more ambiguous. There is a spiral near the bottom left, a jagged vertical line dividing the page, and a dustpan-like shape on the bottom right. The print includes handwritten text and numbers, suggesting it may be part of a limited series.

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Date
1987

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 9 13/16 × 12 3/4in. (24.9 × 32.4 cm) Image (irregular): 8 1/2 × 10 3/8in. (21.6 × 26.4 cm)

Accession number
2011.24.43

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/38679

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

A black and white abstract print featuring various irregular shapes and lines scattered across the page, resembling a map with symbols. Some shapes suggest landmasses or geographic features, while others are more ambiguous. There is a spiral near the bottom left, a jagged vertical line dividing the page, and a dustpan-like shape on the bottom right. The print includes handwritten text and numbers, suggesting it may be part of a limited series.
A black and white abstract print featuring interconnected organic shapes and lines with some areas filled in solid black. The artwork is signed and dated in the lower right corner.
A black and white abstract lithograph featuring geometric shapes and forms with a central motif that resembles overlapping letters or symbols. The composition is framed within a border, and there are signatures and numbers at the bottom indicating the artist's name, the print's edition, and the year.
A black and white abstract print featuring geometric shapes with textured and solid areas. The composition includes a large dark triangle on the right, a speckled grey area in the center, and white space with clean lines on the left. There is a signature and edition number at the bottom.
A black and white geometric print featuring a vertical arrangement of three shapes within separate compartments: a circle within a triangle at the top, a plain circle in the middle, and a square within a circle at the bottom. Below the shapes, there's text that reads "Circle Squares and Triangle" and a signature with the date 1987. The print is numbered 6/100 on the bottom left.
Geometric abstract print with textured patterns, signed and dated 'Crucible 1987' by artist.
A black and white abstract print featuring horizontal brushstrokes of varying lengths and thicknesses on a white background. The artwork is numbered and signed by the artist in the lower margin.
Minimalist black and white print with two horizontal blocks, one solid black and one with fine lines, on a white background.
A minimalist black and white artwork featuring a geometric composition of squares and rectangles arranged in a symmetrical pattern, with the artist's signature and edition number handwritten in red ink at the bottom.
A minimalist artwork featuring two vertical rows of small, black square images evenly spaced along the center of a white background. Each square appears to contain a different abstract or symbolic design. The bottom left corner of the artwork has handwritten text, possibly a signature or title, and the bottom right corner has a date or additional text.

Merrill Wagner
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