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Vija Celmins — Spider's Web
Vija Celmins

Spider's Web

Vija Celmins' "Spider's Web" is a 2009 screenprint that exemplifies the artist's long standing fascination with microscopic natural phenomena and precise, photorealistic representation. Created through the List Poster and Print Program at Lincoln Center, the work translates the delicate intricacy of a spider's web into a carefully composed composition that invites close observation and contemplation of nature's engineered beauty. The limited edition print of 117 demonstrates Celmins' commitment to making her meticulous visual studies accessible through the reproductive medium of screenprinting.

Medium
Screenprint, 2009, signed and dated in pencil, numbered from the edition of 117, printed and published by Lincoln Center/List Poster and Print Program, New York, on wove paper, with full margins, sheet 440 x 480mm (17 1/4 x 18 7/8in) (framed), Framed dimensions: 49 x 55cm, Condition, Related Lots, BACK TO AUCTION CATALOGUE, Lisa Brice (b.1968) Untitled, Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500, Tim Rollins (1955-2017) & Kids of Survival By Any Means Necessary, Estimate: £800 - 1,200, Eddie Martinez (b.1977) GPB

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Prints & Works on Paper 1500-2026

March 31, 2026

Lot 12

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Vija Celmins, Spider's Web

Vija Celmins' "Spider's Web" is a 2009 screenprint that exemplifies the artist's long standing fascination with microscopic natural phenomena and precise, photorealistic representation. Created through the List Poster and Print Program at Lincoln Center, the work translates the delicate intricacy of a spider's web into a carefully composed composition that invites close observation and contemplation of nature's engineered beauty. The limited edition print of 117 demonstrates Celmins' commitment to making her meticulous visual studies accessible through the reproductive medium of screenprinting.

Medium
Screenprint, 2009, signed and dated in pencil, numbered from the edition of 117, printed and published by Lincoln Center/List Poster and Print Program, New York, on wove paper, with full margins, sheet 440 x 480mm (17 1/4 x 18 7/8in) (framed), Framed dimensions: 49 x 55cm, Condition, Related Lots, BACK TO AUCTION CATALOGUE, Lisa Brice (b.1968) Untitled, Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500, Tim Rollins (1955-2017) & Kids of Survival By Any Means Necessary, Estimate: £800 - 1,200, Eddie Martinez (b.1977) GPB
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Forum Auctions, London, UK

Related themes

20th Century, Nature and spiders, Latvian Artist, Graphite Drawing, Minimalist Composition, Meditative aesthetic, Hyperrealistic detail, Contemporary Realism, Observational precision, Black and White

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Collected by

Hamilton Selway Gallery, Art Institute of Chicago