[Untitled] Web #3
2002
Vija Celmins
American and Latvian, born 1938
Contemporary Art
Vija Celmins derives many of her images from photographs and is particularly interested in translating three-dimensional scenes to two-dimensional surfaces. Internationally known for her intensely realistic renditions of natural environments, the artist here also conveys a sense of abstraction and illusion. Celmins recently turned her attention to spiderwebs after making images of bodies of water, skies, and sandy deserts for many years. “Maybe I identify with the spider,” she once stated. “I’m the kind of person who works on something forever and then works on the same image again the next day.”
- Maker/Artist
- Celmins, Vija
- Classification
- Formatted Medium
- One color aquatint/drypoint
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 20 1/8 x 24 3/16 in. (51.1 x 61.4 cm) Image: 15 x 19 in. (38.1 x 48.3 cm)
- Departments
- Contemporary Art
- Accession Number
- 2003.35
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Frank L. Babbott, Jr., by exchange
- Rights Statement
- © artist or artist's estate
- Museum Location
- This item is not on view
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