Artwork
Sacsayhuamán
Artist
Philip Pearlstein
(American, 1924 - 2022)
DepartmentContemporary Art
Date1979
MediumAquatint on paper
Dimensionsimage: 24 × 34 in. (61 × 86.4 cm)
sheet: 29 3/4 × 39 1/2 in. (75.6 × 100.3 cm)
sheet: 29 3/4 × 39 1/2 in. (75.6 × 100.3 cm)
Credit LineSan Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Arthur I. Rabb
Object number80.193.3
Copyright© Philip Pearlstein
DescriptionSugar-lift aquatint with roulette work, using 5 colors: green, blue, cream, gray, pale red. Depicts rock strewn countryside, on a partly cloudy day. There are large rock shapes in the foreground with vibrant greens. There is a crumbling rock wall in the middleground and mountains in the background.InscriptionsNumbered 20/55 (1.1.)Not on view
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