The Colossal Deep Sea Ludicrocerous

c. 1922

Edward Steichen

Associated Names
Edward Steichen

Artist, American, born Luxembourg, 1879 - 1973

The image shows various geometric shapes, including a large green triangle with additional triangular sections at its base, intersected by a circle with a red dot in the center. Rectangles and triangles are also present, creating a stylized landscape. In the top right, a red triangle with a smaller orange triangle below it resembles a sailboat on a blue sea. A small white kite-like shape in the blue section of the image suggests a distant object.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    opaque watercolor and ink over graphite on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Joanna T. Steichen

  • Dimensions

    image: 20 x 15.88 cm (7 7/8 x 6 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 24.13 × 21.11 cm (9 1/2 × 8 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.85.8

  • Series Title

    Oochens

  • Copyright

    © Estate of Edward Steichen

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

by descent to Joanna T. Steichen, the artist's wife, New York; bequest to NGA, 2011

Associated Names

Inscriptions

upper center verso in graphite: The "Gee Whiz" / and the collossal [sic] Deep Sea Ludicrocerous / Thriller Thriller [not deciphered] / along bottom edge of verso in graphite by unknown hand: 03 / 68 [underlined]

Wikidata ID

Q64557596

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