Rose

1982-1991

Doug and Mike Starn

Associated Names
Doug and Mike Starn

Artist, American, born 1961

The image contains a large brown rose fragmented and attached with tape strips to a wooden backing. The rose and tape are secured to the dark wooden frame with visible screws at the corners. The color palette consists of various shades of brown, with some gray where the tape overlaps. The rose is placed at the center of the frame, with the taped segments creating a rippled effect across its surface, and the wooden frame surrounding it evenly on all sides.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print, tape, push pins, and wood

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill

  • Dimensions

    image: 25.88 × 31.75 cm (10 3/16 × 12 1/2 in.)
    mount: 38.1 × 43.18 × 8.89 cm (15 × 17 × 3 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.146.3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Susan and Peter MacGill, New York; gift to NGA, 2014.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on frame verso, signed by artists, along top center in graphite: Doug Starn Mike Starn; by artist, top left in graphite: 82-91; top center: 19/50

Wikidata ID

Q64146936

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