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Open late until 8:00 p.m. on select nights
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Celebrating American art and artists
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Artists Reimagining the Collection
Meet the 50 makers selected from more than 1,600 submissions

Hand and Hammer

1993

Tom Otterness

Associated Names

Tom Otterness

Artist, American, born 1952

The image shows curved lines and cross-hatch patterns forming an abstract design. The lines suggest the shape of a human fist._intersecting and radiating lines create a sense of a tightly curled hand. The drawing highlights the curves and angles that animate the structure, resembling a hand in motion or tension.

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Artwork overview

Medium

engraving and drypoint
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Florian Carr Fund and Gift of the Print Research Foundation
Dimensions

image: 273 x 273 mm
paper: 413 x 381 mm
Accession Number

2008.115.238

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

Inscribed: In pencil: lower left, State 1 2/10; lower right, Tom Otterness.

Wikidata ID

Q76440438

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