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The Creation

2009

Idris Khan

Associated Names

Idris Khan

Artist, British, born 1978

The image contains horizontal, closely spaced lines arranged in parallel bands, creating a striped pattern. The shading variations across the lines add texture and complexity to the pattern.

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Artwork overview

Medium

chromogenic print
Credit Line

Gift of the Collectors Committee
Dimensions

image: 173.36 x 302.9 cm (68 1/4 x 119 1/4 in.)
framed: 196.85 x 326.39 x 7.62 cm (77 1/2 x 128 1/2 x 3 in.)
Accession Number

2011.4.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Idris Khan, England; NGA purchase (through Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco), 2011.

Associated Names

Fraenkel Gallery

Exhibition History

2012

West Building Concourse Gallery: Idris Khan, April 13, 2012 - April 1, 2013.

Inscriptions

on verso of frame, signed by artist, bottom center in black ink on gallery label: Idris Khan / 2010

Wikidata ID

Q64155160

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