Arcturus
$430.00
Artist: Diana Bahr
Medium: Wax, encaustic paint, photo/paper, vintage star map, gold foil on panel (edges stained dark walnut)
Size: 10″x10″x1.5″
“In this piece, Arcturus (the fourth-brightest star in our night sky) is visible in the embedded astronomical map from 1853. Like Arcturus, these are four bright figures, captured in time, fading with memory but not forgotten.” ~ Diana Bahr
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Artist: Diana Bahr, Title: Arcturus, Medium: Wax, encaustic paint, photo/paper, vintage star map, gold foil on panel, (edges stained dark walnut), Size: 10"x10"x1.5"
This artwork features original paper extracted from Observations on the Zodiacal Light, a 705-page publication printed in 1856. The book contains daily illustrations of zodiacal light made by George Jones (a chaplain of the US Navy and amateur astronomer) between 1853-55 while aboard the U.S. steam-frigate Mississippi and its expedition to the China Seas and Japan. Zodiacal light refers to the faint glow of dawn and dusk sunlight that’s been scattered and diffused by cosmic dust.
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