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Trojan Horse

1954

Dean Meeker

Associated Names

Dean Meeker

Artist, American, born 1920

The image displays dark, sweeping lines and shapes creating a layered effect on the canvas. It includes horizontal bands with elongated oval forms and vertical lines. The composition gives a sense of movement with curving and overlapping lines. The contrast between dark elements and the lighter background adds depth to the scene.

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Artwork overview

Medium

color screenprint on wove paper
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Dimensions

image: 46 × 65.2 cm (18 1/8 × 25 11/16 in.)
sheet: 51.3 × 66 cm (20 3/16 × 26 in.)
Accession Number

2008.115.3447

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

the artist, Madison, Wisconsin; Reba and Dave Williams, Greenwich, Connecticut; acquired 2008 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1987

American Screenprints, National Academy of Design, New York; Reynolda House, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Federal Reserve Board, Washington, D.C.; Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio; Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts; Guild Hall, East Hampton, New York; Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois; Columbia Museum of Art, South Carolina; United States Embassy, Tokyo, Japan; Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan; State Bank of Boston, Massachusetts; Academy of Art, Vienna, Austria; Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England; Parpallo Museum, Valencia, Spain; Institute of North American Studies, Barcelona, Spain; National Academy of Fine Arts, Madrid, Spain; National Museum of Wales, Cardiff; Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland; Mona Bismark Foundation, Paris, France; Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany; College of Staten Island, New York; McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas, 1987-1995.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Dean Meeker.

Wikidata ID

Q76443249

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