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1997

Al Taylor

Associated Names
Al Taylor

Artist, American, 1948 - 1999

The image displays two circular shapes drawn on the thumbnails of a pair of hands. One circle is filled and located on the right thumbnail, while the other is an open circle outlined on the left thumbnail. In the background, large dark circles hover above, connecting the image to the appearance of black ears.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    photogravure

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation

  • Dimensions

    image: 25 × 20 cm (9 13/16 × 7 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 31.6 × 24.2 cm (12 7/16 × 9 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.26.1

  • Copyright

    © The Estate of Al Taylor; Reproduced by permission.

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Al Taylor, New York; by descent to the artist’s wife, Debbie Taylor; gift to Robert Rauschenberg, September 26, 1999; by descent to Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, New York, 2008; gift to NGA, 2013.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, across bottom in graphite: 9/18 A. Al Taylor '97

Wikidata ID

Q64032469

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