Edith and Moth Flight

2002

Emmet Gowin

Associated Names
Emmet Gowin

Artist, American, born 1941

In this image, there are curving light trails creating an abstract web of lines. These lines swirl and loop in various directions. They form a backdrop to a blurry figure in the foreground, resembling the silhouette of a person. The soft, blurred outlines of the human figure contrast with the intricate, sharp lines in the background.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    inkjet print

  • Credit Line

    Charina Endowment Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 19 x 19 cm (7 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 33 x 24.2 cm (13 x 9 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.24.3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Emmet Gowin, Newtown, PA; (Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York); NGA purchase, 2012.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2012

  • The Serial Portrait: Photography and Identity in the Last One Hundred Years: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, September 30–December 31, 2012

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower center in black ink: Edith and Moth Flight, 2002 / emmet gowin; by unknown hand, in upper right corner in graphite: EG.D.618.11

Wikidata ID

Q64147353

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