






Four Light Installation, Collectors' Deluxe Edition
1982
Produced in 1982 at the height of Turrell's expanding international profile, this cyanotype-process print titled "LLTAR" originates directly from the installation blueprint for the Seattle Art Museum realization of that work, translating architectural intention into a luminous photographic object. The distinctive Prussian-blue chemistry of the cyanotype process lends the composition an otherworldly depth that resonates with Turrell's lifelong preoccupation with perceived light and the threshold between material form and pure sensation. Measuring 43.2 by 61 centimeters on paper and presented in a custom white wood frame, the print carries Turrell's signature in silver ink at the lower right margin, a detail that underscores the work's intimate relationship to his hand and vision. This impression, numbered 44 from an edition of 100, belongs to the Four Light Installation Collectors' Deluxe Edition, a thoughtfully assembled publication that situates the print within a rich documentary context. The edition includes two interviews with the artist, ten pages of black and white photographs and installation diagrams, and three 35mm color slides of completed projects, all gathered beneath a publisher's vellum title sheet signed by Turrell in black ink. Together, these components function as both archive and artwork, offering collectors a rare window into the conceptual and spatial thinking behind one of the most significant light-based practices of the twentieth century. Works of this kind occupy a particular position in the market, bridging the documentary tradition of artist's publications with the visual authority of an independent print. The cyanotype medium, historically associated with architectural and scientific drafting, here becomes expressive rather than merely functional, recalling the source drawings while asserting its own aesthetic presence. Offered through Woodward Gallery, this edition represents an accessible and historically grounded point of entry into Turrell's canon, suited to collectors who value works that reward both close looking and deeper research.
- Medium
- Cyanotype-process print
- Sheet
- Framed
- Signed
- Yes
- Location
- Woodward Gallery, New York, NY
- Spotted At
- Gallery · Woodward GalleryView on map
For Sale — $3000
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