Figures in a Yellow Room

1945/1947

Anne Ryan

Associated Names
Anne Ryan

Artist, American, 1889 - 1954

The image depicts a collection of geometric shapes and lines converging to form an abstract composition. Two abstract forms resembling profiles of heads facing each other appear on either side of the frame. The shapes are filled with textured red and white colors, intersected by fine black lines creating a network of angles and forms. The abstract figures are set against a backdrop of ochre and teal.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color woodcut on black wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jacob Kainen

  • Dimensions

    image: 29.7 x 52.2 cm (11 11/16 x 20 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 41.6 x 59.2 cm (16 3/8 x 23 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.98.179

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Mary Ryan Gallery, New York); Jacob Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased September 23, 1993; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left in white colored pencil: Figures in a Yellow Room; lower center in white colored pencil: 7/20; lower right in white colored pencil: A. Ryan

Wikidata ID

Q76335805

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