Light and Dark

Print

Purdue University Galleries

Name/Title

Light and Dark

Entry/Object ID

2026.09.416

Description

two stone lithograph showing scene looking out over landscape. People are layered over one another conveying movement, and there is a mattress in the air on the left side. On the ceiling there seems to be hanging glass bottles with bumpy balls hanging inside them. On Arches paper.

Type of Print

Lithograph

Artwork Details

Medium

ink, Paper

Acquisition

Accession

2026.09

Source or Donor

Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

James McGarrell

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Mourlot Frères

Date made

1965

Time Period

20th Century

Place

* Untyped Place

Paris, France

Edition

Edition Size

150

Edition Number

Notes

Noted in the lower center below plate in pencil

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature

Transcription

James McGarrell

Material/Technique

Pencil

Type

Stamp

Location

Back, bottom left

Transcription

THIS ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPH "LIGHT AND DARK" BY JAMES McGARRELL WAS PRINTED FROM TWO STONES IN AN EDITION OF 150 AT MOURLOT FRERES IN PARIS AS THE 1965 GIFT TO THE MEMBERS OF THE PRINT AND DRAWING CLUB OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO.

Type

Print number and run

Location

bottom middle

Transcription

27/150

Dimensions

Height

25-3/4 in

Width

19 in

Provenance

Notes

Professors Edward Akeley (1894-1984) and Anna Akeley (1904-2004), West Lafayette, Indiana; donated to Purdue University Archives; transferred to Purdue University Galleries