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Map Projections: The Doughnut

1979

Agnes Denes

Artist, American, born Hungary, 1931

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Artwork overview

Medium

watercolor with metallic silver on paper with photographic film overlay
Credit Line

Gift of Charles J. Tanenbaum and Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Dimensions

overall: 30.6 x 30.6 cm (12 1/16 x 12 1/16 in.)
Accession

2003.65.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Acquired by NGA in 2003 directly from the artist with funds provided by Charles J. Tennenbaum and the Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund.

Associated Names

Denes, Agnes

Exhibition History

2004

Six Centuries of Prints and Drawings: Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2004-2005, no cat.
Six Centuries of Prints and Drawings: Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004 - 2005

Inscriptions

lower right in blue ink: Agnes Denes '79

Wikidata ID

Q64533452

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