George Condo

Captain Mission
1991

A black and white abstract etching featuring a chaotic composition of various shapes and figures, including what appears to be distorted faces and eyes, with a mix of sharp and curving lines. The artwork is centered on a white paper with a signature at the bottom right corner.
A black and white abstract etching featuring a chaotic composition of various shapes and figures, including what appears to be distorted faces and eyes, with a mix of sharp and curving lines. The artwork is centered on a white paper with a signature at the bottom right corner.

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Date
1991

Classification
Prints

Medium
Etching and aquatint

Dimensions
Sheet: 18 5/16 × 14 7/8in. (46.5 × 37.8 cm) Plate: 9 1/2 × 7 1/16in. (24.1 × 17.9 cm)

Accession number
91.11.1

Edition
Proof A/B | 8 Proofs, Ed. 180

Publication
Printed by Atelier Crommelynck

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the artist

Rights and reproductions
© George Condo / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/7643

Part of a series:

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