Point of Departure
Michael Gitlin
South African, born 1943
1991
A clothbound artist’s book of eight etchings and aquatints in which Michael Gitlin translates his spare, sculptural concerns into small, serial prints that probe line, space, and points of initiation.
The cover reads like a quiet object: a muted mustard-yellow linen with the tiny, centered title “Point of Departure,” suggesting restraint, close attention, and an invitation to open and examine the subtle works inside.
This artist’s book folds the language of late‑20th‑century minimalist sculpture into the print medium, making serial variations and spatial tensions portable and advancing the dialogue between sculpture, drawing, and printed multiples.
Medium
Bound album of eight etching and aquatints
Dimensions
plate (orientation varies, each): 5 7/8 × 4 15/16" (15 × 12.5 cm) or 4 15/16 × 5 7/8" (12.5 × 15 cm); page (each): 9 1/8 × 10 15/16" (23.2 × 27.8 cm); cover: 11 1/4 × 9 7/16 × 1/2" (28.5 × 24 × 1.2 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of Jacob and Yael Samuel
Accession
1637.2015.1-8
Palette
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