Epigraph, Damascus
<p>Julie Mehretu, <em>Epigraph, Damascus</em>, 2016. Photogravure, etching and aquatint, six parts, overall (In-situ): 97 5/8 × 226 in. (248 × 574 cm) Sheet (each): 85 7/16 × 205 1/2 in. (217 × 522 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Director's Discretionary Fund, Print Endowment Fund, Beth Rudin DeWoody, Susan K. Hess, Brooke Garber Neidich, Nancy F. Poses, Fern Kaye Tessler, Lisa Cashin, Stephen Dull, Jane Dresner Sadaka, Carol Weisman, Iris Z. Marden, Mary McCaffrey, Linda R. Safran, Marc A. Schwartz, Flora Miller Biddle, and Fiona Donovan in honor of David W. Kiehl 2017.159a-f. © Julie Mehretu</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 2016
- Dimensions
- Overall (In-situ): 97 5/8 × 226 in. (248 × 574 cm) Sheet (each): 85 7/16 × 205 1/2 in. (217 × 522 cm)
- Collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Artist
- Julie Mehretu
Artist
Installation
Julie Mehretu is an Ethiopian American contemporary visual artist, known for her multi-layered paintings of abstracted landscapes on a large scale. Her paintings, drawings, and prints depict the cumulative effects of urban sociopolitical changes.
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- Julie Mehretu
- Year
- 2016
- Dimensions
- Overall (In-situ): 97 5/8 × 226 in. (248 × 574 cm) Sheet (each): 85 7/16 × 205 1/2 in. (217 × 522 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-2016-174166
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- Collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Source
- whitney
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