Quantum VI
1966
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View on museum website →Medium
lithograph
Dimensions
overall: 74.2 x 53.4 cm (29 3/16 x 21 in.)
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Dorothy J. and Benjamin B. Smith
Accession Number
1983.18.136
Art Historical Context
**Quantum VI** by Garo Antreasian1966) invites visitors into the dynamic world of mid-20th-century American printmaking at the National of Art. This lith, measuring 74.2 x 53.4 cm (29 3/16 x 21 in.), forms part of a portfolio in the CG-W department, generously gifted by Dorothy J. Benjamin B. Smith.reasian, a skilled practitioner of the medium, captures the era's innovative spirit through lithography—a planographic technique where images are drawn on stone or metal with greasy materials, then chemically treated to print multiple vibrant, nuanced impressions. Created in 1966, amid the Space Ra...
About the Artist
Garo Antreasian
Garo Zareh Antreasian (1922–2018), an American artist of Armenian descent born in Indianapolis, Indiana, to parents who survived the 1915 Armenian genocide, discovered lithography at age seventeen while attending Arsenal Technical High School, using abandoned equipment there. He earned a BFA from the Herron School of Art in 1948, served as a combat artist in the Pacific during World War II, and th...