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Shanta from First Light

First Light is a twenty-part retrospective of the artist’s planned projected-light installations of 1966–67. The portfolio is divided into five subsets, each of which pictures a single shape of light (square, triangle, rectangle, parallelogram, or column) projected against a wall or corner; in this set, a cube seems to change position and shape from sheet to sheet. Turrell collaborated with a master printer known for his work with aquatint, a technique that allows for the use of tone rather than line; here, a rainbow of grays creates a dramatic sense of light, darkness, and space.

The artist considers First Light to be his most important printmaking project; while other works on paper are "abo...

1989-90
One from a portfolio of twenty aquatints
99.3 x 69.2cm
752.2012.2
Image © 2019 James Turrell
Text © MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York

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The Museum of Modern Art
Permanent collection