Quantum IX
1966
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lithograph (stone) in black on Copperplate Deluxe paper
Dimensions
image: 74.2 x 53.4 cm (29 3/16 x 21 in.) sheet: 76.5 x 56.5 cm (30 1/8 x 22 1/4 in.)
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Dorothy J. and Benjamin B. Smith
Accession Number
1983.18.139
Art Historical Context
**Quantum IX** (1966) by Garo Antreasian is a black lithograph on Copperplate Deluxe paper, measuring 74.2 x 53.4 cm for the image and 76.5 x 56.5 cm for the sheet. Created during the vibrant mid-1960s printmaking renaissance, this work belongs to a portfolio classification in the National Gallery of Art's collection, generously gifted by Dorothy J. and Benjamin B. Smith. Antreasian, a pioneering American printmaker, was instrumental in revitalizing lithography through his leadership at the Tamarind Lithography Workshop in Albuquerque, where artists rediscovered traditional stone-based techniq...
About the Artist
Garo Antreasian
Garo Zareh Antreasian (1922–2018), an American artist of Armenian descent born in Indianapolis, Indiana, to parents who survived the 1915 Armenian genocide, discovered lithography at age seventeen while attending Arsenal Technical High School, using abandoned equipment there. He earned a BFA from the Herron School of Art in 1948, served as a combat artist in the Pacific during World War II, and th...