Without Horizon 26
1992
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drypoint, softground, hardground, spitbite and sugarlift aquatints on smoked Betty Friedman handmade tinted natural Acaba paper
Dimensions
sheet: 17.8 x 21.6 cm (7 x 8 1/2 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Crown Point Press
Accession Number
1998.41.1
Art Historical Context
"Without Horizon 26" a captivating print created by pioneering composer and artist John Cage in 199, one of his final works before his death that year. Produced in collaboration with the renowned Crown Point Press, this piece measures just 17.8 x 21.6 cm and showcases Cage's experimental spirit translated from music to visual art. Printed on smoked Betty Friedman handmade tinted natural Acaba paper it exemplifies the tactile luxury of fine art printmaking. Cage, famous for revolutionizing music through chance operations and indeterminacy, applied similar innovative processes to printmaking. T...
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...