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Untitled

2005

Julie Mehretu

Associated Names

Julie Mehretu

Artist, American, born Ethiopia, 1970

The image consists of wispy, flowing lines that form soft, swirling shapes on the page. The lines converge and diverge, resembling the movements of smoke or wind on water. The pencil strokes create a fluid and ethereal quality, similar to a cloud or feather in the air.

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Artwork overview

Medium

graphite on wove paper
Credit Line

Gift of Billy E. Hodges
Dimensions

overall: 53.2 x 77.2 (20 15/16 x 30 3/8 in.)
Accession Number

2013.151.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Private Collection, Los Angeles; Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich; Bill Hodges, New York; gift to NGA, 2013

Associated Names

Bill Hodges Gallery

Inscriptions

lower center verso, in graphite: Julie Mehretu 2005

Watermarks

Papierfabrik Zerkall

Wikidata ID

Q64591690

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