Cocovari in Piscataway

2000

Melvin Edwards

Associated Names
Melvin Edwards

Artist, American, 1937 - 2026

Pat Almonrode

Printer

Dieu Donné Papermill, Inc.

Publisher

The image contains large, bold, black shapes with rounded and angular edges on a lighter background. The arrangement creates a complex pattern similar to a jigsaw puzzle or oversized, deconstructed letters scattered across the canvas. The interplay of dark and light areas suggests horseshoes or parts of circular machinery, but the image remains non-representational.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dieu Donné Papermill, New York; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2003; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2003

  • Black is a Color: African American Art at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, Ohio; Mobile Museum of Art, Alabama; Plains Art Museum, Fargo, North Dakota, 2003-2007

Bibliography

2001

  • Takahashi, Mina. Melvin Edwards: Agua y Acero en Papel. New York: Dieu Donné Lab Grant Program, 2001, illustrated on cover.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Melvin Edwards 2000

Wikidata ID

Q64614422

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