Julie Mehretu

Algorithms/Apparitions/Translations

2013

a dense collection of fine and smudged grey arching lines
a dense collection of fine and smudged grey arching lines

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Date
2013

Classification
Prints

Medium
Aquatint, etching, drypoint, and engraving

Dimensions
Sheet: 31 1/4 × 37 3/8 in. (79.4 × 94.9 cm) Plate: 23 × 29 3/4 in. (58.4 × 75.6 cm)

Accession number
2014.39.4

Edition
1/35 | 10 APs

Publication
Printed by Gregory Burnet; published by Burnet Editions

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Print Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Julie Mehretu

API
artworks/44480

Part of a series:
Algorithms/Apparitions/Translations
5 works

small and sweeping charcoal etchings splay out across a canvass amidst straight pink lines
Black marks varying in thickness, definition and linearity populate a white background; dense at center, sparse at edges.
A frenzy of quick, black marks emanate from a dense center to the edges of a designated frame, while thin red lines intermittently weave through the action.
a dense collection of fine and smudged grey arching lines
Soft, overlapping feather-like strokes sweep across a pale page, suggesting windblown movement.

Julie Mehretu
17 works in the collection, 6 exhibitions

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