Falc (working proof)

2007

Pia Fries

Associated Names
Pia Fries

Artist, Swiss, born 1955

Crown Point Press

Publisher

The image depicts two large abstract forms on an off-white background. The forms resemble curled pieces of paper or cloth and are rendered in gray to black shades, creating contrast. One form is near the top edge, slightly left of center, while the other is in the lower half, also slightly left. Both forms have cylindrical folds radiating outward, with a flower-like detail in the center. The image is monochromatic, highlighting textures from shading and angular edges.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    photogravure in black on wove Somerset paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Kathan Brown

  • Dimensions

    plate: 69.85 × 49.53 cm (27 1/2 × 19 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 90.49 × 67.95 cm (35 5/8 × 26 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.116.19

  • Copyright

    © 2013 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

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.32.2

Bibliography

2013

  • Brodie, Judith, and Adam Greenhalgh. Yes, No, Maybe: Artists Working at Crown Point Press. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 2013, p. 132, pl. 32.2.

Inscriptions

by unknown hand, lower right verso in graphite: Fries: Falk: WP

Wikidata ID

Q76561023

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