Candleflame

1951

Clinton Adams

Associated Names
Clinton Adams

Artist, American, 1918 - 2002

Lynton R. Kistler

Printer, American, 1897 - 1993

The image displays a large white ceramic pitcher in the center, along with an ornate scroll-like object on the right and a tall lit candle in a holder on the left. The color palette consists of shades of grayscale, with contrasting dark and light areas. The candle emits a soft glow while the pitcher blocks the detailed scroll design behind it.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Richard Florsheim Art Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 33.2 × 43.7 cm (13 1/16 × 17 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 50.8 × 62.07 cm (20 × 24 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.43.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Conway 2012, no. 28

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Toby C. Moss, Los Angeles, California); acquired 2001 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

2012

  • Conway, Robert P. A Meticulous Serenity: The Prints of Clinton Adams, 1948-1997, A Catalogue Raisonné. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2012, no. 28.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 2/25; lower right in graphite: Clinton Adams '51

Markings

embossed lower left: [Lynton R. Kistler]

Wikidata ID

Q76337536

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