"Ken Price was a central figure in postwar American art, known for blurring the boundaries between sculpture, ceramics, and painting. While he is best recognized for his small, vividly colored ceramic forms, Price’s printmaking—particularly his collaborations with Gemini G.E.L.—allowed him to explore similar ideas of color, surface, and perception in two dimensions.

Interior Series: Green Turtle Cup reflects Price’s fascination with interior space and contained form. Rather than presenting an object solely from the outside, the work emphasizes the inner cavity as an active visual field. Through layered color and precise contouring, the serigraph suggests depth, volume, and tactility, inviting the viewer to imagine the object as both vessel and landscape. The rich, saturated greens contribute to a sense of density and quiet energy, while subtle shifts in hue guide the eye inward.

Price’s work often carries a playful tension between refinement and intimacy—objects that feel both meticulously constructed and hand-scaled to human touch. In this print, the cup form becomes less a functional object and more a meditation on space, containment, and the emotional resonance of color. The image encourages slow looking, rewarding attention with a heightened awareness of how color and form can shape perception.


1971
19 Color Serigraph, 61/75

(80 1552)
Donor: Gemini G.E.L."