Description
Russian-American artist Ilya Bolotowsky was a prominent mid-Century geometric abstractionist who loved to explore angles within a square or round confines.
Of the dozens of Bolotowsky diamonds I have seen, I have only ever seen one other instance of two diamonds in the same work. I have never seen Bolotowsky diamonds with a ghost image creating a part of the shape.
This work is from Bolotowsky’s Series 7.
Because of the challenge of capturing the white-on-white in photographs, please see multiple photographs showing the work in varying light.
Details
Medium:
Lithograph in colors
Paper:
Rives BFK cotton wove paper.
Date:
ca. 1970
Signature:
Hand-signed by the artist in pencil en recto lower right. Numbered in pencil by the artist en recto lower left.
Edition:
Number 123 out of the edition of 125.
Framing:
This picture is framed in solid ash, hand-painted black, with an 8-ply mat behind museum-grade UV-Filtering Plexiglass. Framing by one of Washington’s most prominent framers. All conservation materials.
Condition:
Very Good condition. Shows modest rippling in photos but barely noticeable in person.
Framed Size:
35.75 in. (h) × 26.375 in. (w) × 1 in. (d)
Sheet Size:
29.5 in. (h) x 21.5 in. (w)
