Crater
Print
Crater
1972
Screenprint
196/250
Image: 16 3/8 × 22 5/8 in. (41.6 × 57.5 cm)
Paper: 22 × 28 in. (55.9 × 71.1 cm)
Gift of ITEK Corporation
1973.0053.0003
Inscriptions Signed, dated, and editioned in pencil on recto, BC: H.C. 196/250 L.Gittleman 1972
Printed on separate text page, TC: CRATER, Mare Smythii, (Smyth's Sea), 0°, 90°E. This unnamed crater on \ the eastern limb of the moon is about 10 miles in diameter and two miles deep. \ Only a portion of it was used to make the serigraph. The circular outline of the \ crater suggests that it was formed by impact but it has the type of hummocky \ floor which is commonly found in volcanic pits. Vertical lineation along walls \ indicate where soft, loosely compacted material crept down the slope. Dark \ areas along the edge of the rim have evidence of bedrock layerings. \ Craters are usually named for persons; the large mares were traditionally \ given names associated with the weather or with a state of mind. Names for lunar features are now selected by the International Astronomical Union and \ the classical naming process has recently been modified. Mare Smythii, for \ example, was named after Admiral William H. Smyth (1788-1865), astronomer \ and author. The term "mare" (plural maria), the Latin word for sea, is a misnomer \ that had its origin in the 17th century when astronomers believed the large \ dark areas of the moon to be bodies of water.
Printed on separate text page, TC: CRATER, Mare Smythii, (Smyth's Sea), 0°, 90°E. This unnamed crater on \ the eastern limb of the moon is about 10 miles in diameter and two miles deep. \ Only a portion of it was used to make the serigraph. The circular outline of the \ crater suggests that it was formed by impact but it has the type of hummocky \ floor which is commonly found in volcanic pits. Vertical lineation along walls \ indicate where soft, loosely compacted material crept down the slope. Dark \ areas along the edge of the rim have evidence of bedrock layerings. \ Craters are usually named for persons; the large mares were traditionally \ given names associated with the weather or with a state of mind. Names for lunar features are now selected by the International Astronomical Union and \ the classical naming process has recently been modified. Mare Smythii, for \ example, was named after Admiral William H. Smyth (1788-1865), astronomer \ and author. The term "mare" (plural maria), the Latin word for sea, is a misnomer \ that had its origin in the 17th century when astronomers believed the large \ dark areas of the moon to be bodies of water.
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