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William Leavitt
Biome2012

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Horizontal ink drawing with gray wash on off-white paper, showing a large scaffolding structure with a circular wheel form and text 'DEAVS' set against a sketchy open landscape
Ink drawing of a roller coaster structure with overlapping vertical loops and support beams, set in an open landscape with sparse trees and hills in the background, rendered in fine black linework on white paper.
Ink drawing of an outdoor garden scene, with a large rubble stone wall at left, a broad ceramic urn at center, and spiky palm-like plants at right, rendered in loose, energetic linework with gray wash shading
Ink and pencil drawing on white paper; a wide landscape with pooling gray ink washes suggesting terrain below an overlapping network of thin geometric lines spanning the composition; a tall angular structure resembling a tower or tripod stands at right of center.
Ink and wash drawing of a roller coaster with a full loop, rendered in precise linework against a gray-washed sky, surrounded by trees and low buildings viewed from a slightly elevated angle.
Ink and wash drawing of an outdoor pavilion with a large angular roof, beneath which circular tables and obelisk-like forms are arranged; a leafy tree at left and a horse sculpture at right, rendered with loose, gestural linework.
Ink drawing on white paper, wide horizontal composition combining an abstract tangle of arching structural forms and flat oval shapes at left with a urban landscape at right featuring multi-story apartment blocks, scattered figures, and low vegetation; loose, gestural linework with light ink wash.
Ink drawing of a roller coaster structure with crisscrossing steel support beams and tracks, trees and low buildings visible in the background, rendered in fine black line work on white paper.
Artist or Maker
William Leavitt
United States, born 1941
Publisher
Edition Jacob Samuel
United States, California, Santa Monica, established 1988
Printed by
Jacob Samuel
United States, born 1951
Title
Biome
Date Made
2012
Medium
Spitbite aquatint etchings
Dimensions
Sheet: 12 × 16 3/4 in. (30.48 × 42.55 cm) Box: 13 1/2 × 17 1/2 × 1 3/8 in. (34.29 × 44.45 × 3.49 cm)
Credit Line
Edition Jacob Samuel Archive. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, Hammer Museum, purchased jointly with funds provided by the LACMA Art Museum Council, the LACMA Prints and Drawings Council, the Ralph M. Parsons Fund, and the Grunwald Center Helga K. and Walter Oppenheimer Acquisition Fund
Accession Number
M.2012.119.5.1-.9
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings