1st Wax Work

1966

Lynda Benglis

Artist, American, born 1941

This rectangular, tangerine-orange panel has rounded corners and a black dot at the center. It hangs on a dove gray wall and is about three times as tall as it is wide. The surface appears streaked with golden yellow where light reflects off some areas of the wax, especially in the top half.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    purified pigmented beeswax, dammar resin, and powdered aniline dye on Masonite

  • Credit Line

    Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 60.01 × 18.57 × 2.86 cm (23 5/8 × 7 5/16 × 1 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2016.11.4

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dorothy [born 1935] and Herbert [1922-2012] Vogel, New York; gift 2016 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2014

  • Make it New: Abstract Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, 1950-1975, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, 2014, no. 26, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q46637958

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