Finger Line

1991

Tom Marioni

Associated Names
Tom Marioni

Artist, American, born 1937

Crown Point Press

Publisher

The image shows a composition of lines and geometric shapes. There is a set of vertical black lines intersected by a diagonal rectangular wooden texture. Below, there is a bright yellow rectangle slightly off-center with a dark vertical line within it. Curves and lines underneath suggest a string instrument outline, with elegantly curved lines flanking the wooden rectangle. The abstract composition allows for interpretations connecting familiar objects or artful representations of nature's elements.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    soft and hardground etching and spitbite aquatint printed in brown and yellow inks with chine collé of wood veneer and thin 2-ply board and hand additions in graphite on Somerset Soft White Textured paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Kathan Brown

  • Dimensions

    image: 69.2 x 43.8 cm (27 1/4 x 17 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 101 x 68.9 cm (39 3/4 x 27 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1998.40.360

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Acquired by NGA in 1998 directly from Kathan Brown.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

in graphite; lower right: OKTP Marioni 91

Wikidata ID

Q75416589

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