Dark Skies, Night Skies, Falling Stars

Vija Celmins

Untitled (Dark Sky 3) 2016
Mezzotint on Hahnemühle Copperplate Bright White paper in artist’s frame
Image 15¾ × 14¾ inches; 40 × 38 cm
Sheet 21⅜ × 19 inches; 54 × 48 cm

https://matthewmarks.com/exhibitions/vija-celmins-02-2017/

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Night Sky #26 2016–17
Oil on canvas
59⅛ × 54 inches; 150 × 137 cm

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Falling Star 2016
Oil on canvas
18 × 13⅛ inches; 46 × 33 cm

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Untitled (Large Night Sky) 2016
Mezzotint on Hahnemühle Copperplate Bright White paper
Image 36½ × 33 inches; 93 × 84 cm
Sheet 41¼ × 36 inches; 105 × 91 cm

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Untitled (Reverse Night Sky #3) 2016
Charcoal on acrylic ground on paper
14¼ × 17½ inches; 36 × 45 cm

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Reverse Night Sky #1 2014
Charcoal on acrylic ground on paper
14 × 17¼ inches; 36 × 44 cm

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Night Sky #25 2016–17
Oil on canvas
33¾ × 32 inches; 86 × 81 cm

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Reverse Night Sky #1 2014
Oil on canvas
19¾ × 22½ inches; 50 × 57 cm

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Falling Stars

2010Vija Celmins (American (born Latvia), born 1938)

Printed by Simmelink / Sukimoto Editions, Olympia, Washington Printed by Doris Simmelink

https://philamuseum.org/search/collections?filters=%7B%22artist%22%3A%5B%22Vija%20Celmins%22%5D%7D

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Divided Night Sky

2010Vija Celmins (American (born Latvia), born 1938)

Printed by Simmelink / Sukimoto Editions, Olympia, Washington Printed by Doris Simmelink

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A link to a great video of Vija Celmins in the studio and talking about her work:

https://art21.org/watch/art-in-the-twenty-first-century/s2/vija-celmins-in-time-segment/

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