Against Shadows, 1969

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Medium

red chalk, graphite, acrylic paint, and collage on wove paper

Dimensions

image: 42.23 × 34.29 cm (16 5/8 × 13 1/2 in.)

sheet: 43.18 × 35.56 cm (17 × 14 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Barrett M. Linde)

Accession Number

2015.19.2490

Artists / Makers

Juan Downey (artist) American, born Chile, 1940 - 1993

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Inscription

lower left in graphite: Juan Downey / "Against Shadows"; lower center in graphite: Quien hizo ceremonia de cenizar? / Jan 24/69 concert by Fred Pitts; lower right in graphite: Cast a Shadow on the / small Box. The Big Box / will light up its shape.

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Barrett M. Linde, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1969; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art
Linde, Barrett M.

Exhibition History

2017: Juan Downey: Radiant Nature, Pitzer College Art Galleries, Claremont, 2017, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1983: Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 258, no. 1706.

2017: Crouch, Robert and Ciara Ennis. Juan Downey: Radiant Nature. Exh. cat. Pitzer College Art Galleries, Claremont, CA,, 2017: p. 29.