Experimental Plate #2

1954/1955

Bernard Childs

Associated Names
Bernard Childs

Artist, American, 1910 - 1985

The image depicts jagged, irregular shapes, curving lines, dashes, and dots. The lines and shadows create movement and depth, reminiscent of patterns in tree bark or weathered stone. Dark strokes intersect and overlap, resembling tangled branches or threads. The image offers an abstract representation of natural and textured objects in everyday life.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Fernando Zobel de Ayala, Madrid; Dave and Reba Williams, Greenwich, CT, 1988; gift to NGA, 2008

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Childs, 54 epreuve d'artiste; across bottom edge in graphite: Experimental Plate #2 - one of 5 proofs / printed by the artist Dec. 1954 - Paris; lower right verso in pen and black ink: #84 / B. CHILDS / 4 RUE DE L'UNIVERSITÉ / PARIS, 7º

Wikidata ID

Q76454565

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