Idea Sequence #19

1963

Jimmy Ernst

Associated Names
Jimmy Ernst

Artist, American, born Germany, 1920 - 1984

The image shows sharp, angular black lines crisscrossing the canvas to create an intricate web-like pattern. The background consists of a mix of blue, yellow, and red hues. The central area contains a circular form with red and yellow segments. Surrounding this are vertical and horizontal lines.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York); The Honorable William H.G. FitzGerald, Mr. Desmond FitzGerald, and Mr. B. Francis Saul II, c/o The New York Studio School; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1978; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

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Bibliography

1983

  • Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 220, no. 1477.

Inscriptions

lower right in black ink: Jimmy Ernst 63; upper center margin in graphite by unknown hand: 103C; lower left margin in graphite by unknown hand: Idea sequence #19 1963; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: 11056 D

Wikidata ID

Q64581790

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