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Vija Celmins — The View
Vija Celmins

The View

Vija Celmins' *The View* is a meticulously crafted limited-edition work, signed in ink on the colophon as part of an edition of 120, published by the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Known for her painstaking realism and meditative attention to natural surfaces, Celmins brings her signature precision to this intimate and collectible publication. The work exemplifies her enduring fascination with vast, elemental subjects, inviting viewers into a quiet, contemplative encounter with the visual world.

Medium
Signed by the author and artist in ink on the colophon, from the edition of 120, published by The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

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Editions and Works on Paper Including Works from the Piero Crommelynck Collection

April 18, 2017

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Vija Celmins, The View

Vija Celmins' *The View* is a meticulously crafted limited-edition work, signed in ink on the colophon as part of an edition of 120, published by the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Known for her painstaking realism and meditative attention to natural surfaces, Celmins brings her signature precision to this intimate and collectible publication. The work exemplifies her enduring fascination with vast, elemental subjects, inviting viewers into a quiet, contemplative encounter with the visual world.

Medium
Signed by the author and artist in ink on the colophon, from the edition of 120, published by The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Monochrome, 20th Century, Artist's Book, Contemplative Mood, Photorealism, Whitney Museum Publication, Limited Edition, Signed Edition, Contemporary Art, Latvian-American Artist, Female Artist

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Hamilton Selway Gallery, Art Institute of Chicago