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Etching of black gradient background with blurry white swath across top third
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Etching of black gradient background with blurry white swath across top third

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Artist (Chinese-American, 1939 - 2023)
Date1980
MediumAquatint and etching on paper
Dimensionsplate/image: 10 1/4 × 12 1/4 in. (26 × 31.1 cm)
sheet: 15 1/2 × 17 3/8 in. (39.4 × 44.1 cm)
ClassificationPrint
Credit LineMary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, gift of Philip Yau on behalf of the Estate of Victoria Yau
Object number2024.8.1
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