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Untitled

1973

Arnulf Rainer

Associated Names

Arnulf Rainer

Artist, Austrian, 1929 - 2025

The image depicts a central figure surrounded by a tangled web of intersecting lines and scribbles. The dark lines form an abstract pattern over the figure, resembling a web or thicket. Within this abstraction, a person with a serene expression and partially extended arms can be seen.

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Artwork overview

Medium

gelatin silver print with paint and scratching
Credit Line

Patrons' Permanent Fund
Dimensions

sheet: 17.9 x 23.9 cm (7 1/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Accession Number

2001.67.181

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Joshua P. Smith, Washington, DC; NGA purchase, 2001.

Associated Names

Smith, Joshua P.

Exhibition History

2012

The Serial Portrait: Photography and Identity in the Last One Hundred Years: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, September 30–December 31, 2012

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Kreiselstand; lower right in black pencil: A.R.

Wikidata ID

Q64144974

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