H. (All Thumbs)

1997

Al Taylor

Associated Names
Al Taylor

Artist, American, 1948 - 1999

The image displays overlapping and intersecting lines and shapes, both black and white, creating an abstract design. The central focus is a human thumb with a clear focus on the thumbnail, onto which abstract circular lines have been drawn. The lines seem to move around the thumb, enhancing the abstract nature of the image.

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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

    2013.26.8

  • 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 H. Al Taylor '97

Wikidata ID

Q64032482

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