Global Village 1-36 [bottom]
1989
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View on museum website →Medium
bottom section of 2 parts: aquatint, roulette, and drypoint on smoked brown Roma Fabriano paper
Dimensions
overall size (overall size of two sheets assembled vertically): 97.8 x 67.3 cm (38 1/2 x 26 1/2 in.) sheet: 48.9 x 67.3 cm (19 1/4 x 26 1/2 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Werner H. and Sarah-Ann Kramarsky
Accession Number
1996.57.1.b
Art Historical Context
Global Village 1-36 [bottom] is a striking print created by John Cage in 1989. Best known as an experimental composer, Cage extended his interest in chance operations and unconventional processes into visual art during the later years of his career. This work forms the lower half of a two-part composition designed to be viewed as a single vertical piece, measuring 97.8 x 67.3 cm when assembled. Generously gifted to the National Gallery of Art by Werner H. and Sarah-Ann Kramarsky, it exemplifies Cage’s late exploration of printmaking as a medium for visual expression. The artwork was produced ...
About the Artist
John Cage
John Cage (1912–1992), born in Los Angeles to inventor John Milton Cage Sr. and journalist Lucretia "Crete" Harvey, an amateur artist, initially explored painting during travels in Europe in 1930 but soon pivoted to music. His early visual pursuits were sparsely documented, yielding no surviving works, as feedback favored his compositions. He married artist Xenia Andreyevna Kashevaroff, a bookbind...