Title
Celestial map of 5,766 stars, visible to the naked eye.
Coverage
David W. Teske (1940-2016) and John Coventry (b. 1943)
Date
ca. 1974 – ca. 1976
Subject
Computer generated drawing and oil marbled
Description
Astronomer David W. Teske created eight different star maps and knew the names of 8,602 stars. Teske met marbler John Coventry, at the California Pleasure Faire in the 1970s. They soon embarked on a collaboration to oil-marble Teske’s maps, as in this example.
Source
Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of John Coventry