Room Under the Influence [working proof]

2008

Mamma Andersson

Associated Names
Mamma Andersson

Artist, Swedish, born 1962

Emily York

Printer, American, active early 21st century

Crown Point Press

Publisher

This is a painting of an interior room with modern furnishings. The room features bold colors with an orange upper section, gray walls, and a yellow sofa. The room is sparsely furnished with a yellow sofa, a table or shelving unit to the left, and a dresser or surface with a decorative facade to the right. A large pink drape hangs in the center. An oval mirror is to the right, with what seems to be a piece of artwork or a picture above the sofa. The room invokes a feeling of modern minimalism, with an emphasis on geometric forms and bold color contrasts. The floor is dark. This style is reminiscent of the minimalistic approaches seen in mid-century modern art.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color spitbite aquatint, sugarlift aquatint, aquatint, and softground etching with graphite additions and artist's notations in black ink on Somerset wove paper [working proof]

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Kathan Brown

  • Dimensions

    plate: 53.34 × 91.12 cm (21 × 35 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 78.42 × 112.08 cm (30 7/8 × 44 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.116.6

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    [working proof]

  • Copyright

    © Mamma Andersson

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Kathan Brown, San Francisco; gift to NGA, 2014

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2013

  • Yes, No, Maybe: Artists Working at Crown Point Press,National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2013, pl. 34.3

Bibliography

2013

  • Brodie, Judith, and Adam Greenhalgh. Yes, No, Maybe: Artists Working at Crown Point Press. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 2013, p. 138, pl. 34.3.

Inscriptions

upper right, in ink: Torsdag 4 december 2008; right bottom margin, in black ink: (2 columns of annotations, not deciphered); in unknown hand, lower right verso in graphite: Andersson: room Under the Influence WP

Watermarks

SOMERSET / ENGLAND

Wikidata ID

Q76560995

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