Julie Mehretu

Algorithms/Apparitions/Translations

2013

A monochromatic artwork featuring an array of abstract, feather-like strokes concentrated in the center of the paper, with some strokes scattered towards the edges. The piece is signed and dated in the lower right corner, with an edition number on the lower left. The background is plain white, highlighting the texture of the strokes.
A monochromatic artwork featuring an array of abstract, feather-like strokes concentrated in the center of the paper, with some strokes scattered towards the edges. The piece is signed and dated in the lower right corner, with an edition number on the lower left. The background is plain white, highlighting the texture of the strokes.

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Date
2013

Classification
Prints

Medium
Aquatint, etching, drypoint, and engraving

Dimensions
Sheet: 31 1/4 × 37 3/8in. (79.4 × 94.9 cm) Plate: 23 × 29 5/8in. (58.4 × 75.2 cm)

Accession number
2014.39.5

Edition
1/35 | 10 APs

Publication
Printed by Gregory Burnet; published by Burnet Editions

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Print Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Julie Mehretu

API
artworks/44481

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
A monochromatic artwork featuring an array of abstract, feather-like strokes concentrated in the center of the paper, with some strokes scattered towards the edges. The piece is signed and dated in the lower right corner, with an edition number on the lower left. The background is plain white, highlighting the texture of the strokes.

Julie Mehretu
17 works in the collection, 4 exhibitions

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