Stars
1956
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View on museum website →Medium
lithograph in black
Dimensions
image: 25.1 × 40.5 cm (9 7/8 × 15 15/16 in.) sheet: 31.5 × 47.6 cm (12 3/8 × 18 3/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Accession Number
2008.115.4676
Art Historical Context
"Stars" is a captivating black lithograph by American artist Carol Summers, created in 1956. This mid-20th-century print measures 25.1 × 40.5 cm (9 7/8 × 15 15/16 in.) in its image area and 31.5 × 47.6 cm (12 3/8 × 18 3/4 in.) on the sheet, showcasing the intimate scale typical of fine art prints. Now part of the National Gallery of Art's Reba and Dave Williams Collection—generously gifted by the collectors—this piece falls under the museum's prints classification in the CG-W department. Lithography, the medium here, revolutionized printmaking in the 19th century by allowing artists to draw d...