Test Tubes I

1990

Tony Cragg

Associated Names
Tony Cragg

Artist, British, born 1949

Crown Point Press

Publisher

The image depicts a row of vertical lines and shapes resembling elongated tubes with inscribed lines indicating a rack holding the forms. It also features bright blue blobs and drips scattered on the tubes, similar to test tubes in a laboratory setting filled with vibrant liquid substances. The composition can be compared to a test tube holder, evoking scientific imagery with its depiction of cylindrical shapes.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color aquatint, spitbite aquatint, and drypoint on Somerset Textured paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Kathan Brown

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 38.4 x 34.6 cm (15 1/8 x 13 5/8 in.)
    image: 22.9 x 22.5 cm (9 x 8 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1998.40.150

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Acquired by NGA in 1998 directly from Kathan Brown.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

in graphite below plate mark; lower left: oktp.; lower right: Tony Cragg; along bottom of sheet; lower left: ok #1

Wikidata ID

Q75413804

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