Locus and Sea Squares

Print

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Bill H. Ritchie's Mini Art Gallery and Museum Collection

Locus and Sea Squares: This print is from a series of 141 trial proofs and artist's proofs in "cycles" of approximately 15 each of different palettes. They are proofs using processes of cyanotype, woodcut, and intaglio techniques. The images are: (1) A map of the Colorado River, at the Crossing of the Fathers; (2) the leaf-like shape I call locus (I drew these as data for my use in a computer program), and (3) the Great Wave after the famous print by Hokusai. I made a collector’s video of making the last print in the series.
Locus and Sea Squares

This print is from a series of 141 trial proofs and artist's proofs in "cycles" of approximately 15 each of different palettes. They are proofs using processes of cyanotype, woodcut, and intaglio techniques. The images are: (1) A map of the Colorado River, at the Crossing of the Fathers; (2) the leaf-like shape I call locus (I drew these as data for my use in a computer program), and (3) the Great Wave after the famous print by Hokusai. I made a collector’s video of making the last print in the series.

Name/Title

Locus and Sea Squares

Entry/Object ID

pr820101ritB

Description

Artist's iconic images of heart-like forms called Loci (plural of Locus), the famous Hokusai print known as the "Great Wave" stylized, a map background derived from an area known as the "Crossing of the Fathers," on the Colorado River, now under Lake Powell, Arizona, filming site of the spaceship crash scene in Planet of the Apes. One of 141 impressions.

Type of Print

Monoprint

Artwork Details

Medium

Intaglio and relief

Subject

The map is based on the Colorado River, a vicinity known once as the "Crossing of the Fathers;" the leaf-like shape is a locus--the path of a moving point the artist drew to help establish data for computer animation. The "Great Wave" was copied, with alterations, from the famous print by Hokusai.

Made/Created

Artist

Bill Ritchie

Date made

1982

Edition

141 trial proofs

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

DSCN

Other Number

1794

Number Type

Folio Number

Other Number

1994

Number Type

Catalog ID

Other Number

pr240100r

Dimensions

Dimension Description

322.5 sq in

Height

21-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Japanese and Buff Dutch Van Gelder Zonen papers

Color

Black, orange and tan

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

Mini Art Gallery

Date

October 7, 2021

Notes

Drawer 7, Folio 1952-1996

Valuations

Valuation Type

Estimate

Value

$322.50

Estimator

Bill Ritchie

Date

Oct 7, 2021

Created By

nelsund3@hotmail.com

Create Date

September 25, 2021

Updated By

nelsund3@hotmail.com

Update Date

March 1, 2023