Tybee Forks and Starts (A)

1978

Jan Groover

Associated Names
Jan Groover

Artist, American, 1943 - 2012

The image shows a large metallic rectangular object with a serrated edge and a shiny surface. A fork and a knife are also present, each reflecting light. The color palette is primarily warm brownish-orange tones, creating a soft appearance. The fork is positioned towards the top left, extending diagonally downward, while the knife is on the lower left side, heading upwards. The rectangular object is centrally placed, leaning slightly to the right, and overlaps with a circular transparent object at the lower right.
This object’s media is not available for download. Contact us about image usage.
Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Max B. Schwartz, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, New York; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (through Robert Miller Gallery, New York), 1982; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1979

  • American Images: New Work by Twenty Contemporary Photographers, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, October 13 – December 2, 1979, organized by the Bell System. Travelled until April 1982.

1982

  • Acquisitions Since 1975, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, November 5, 1982 – January 16, 1983

Bibliography

1979

  • Danese, Renato ed. American Images: New Work by Twenty Contemporary Photographers. Exh. cat. New York, 1979: 146, no. 201.

Inscriptions

by unknown hand on mount, bottom center in graphite: A; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right: 1982.3.42; on verso of mount, signed by artist, bottom left: Tybee A 6/6 J.G. 1978; by unknown hand, bottom center: 203B

Wikidata ID

Q64155583

You may be interested in

Loading Results