Artwork
Temple at Abu Simbel
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 number80.193.4
Copyright© Philip Pearlstein
DescriptionSugar-lift aquatint with roulette work, using 5 colors: brown, gray, blue, green, cream. Depicts temple carved into rock cliffs. Entry-way and 4 large carved figures depicted on the right. There are several smaller seated figures on the left. Large expanse of open blue sky at the top. 3 plates used. Numbered 20/55 (1.1.).InscriptionsNumbered 20/55 LLNot on view
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