No Dominion

1968

Jacob Kainen

Associated Names
Jacob Kainen

Artist, American, 1909 - 2001

Mourlot Fréres

Printer

Strike 400, Inc.

Publisher

The image displays bold black strokes and blotches forming an abstract composition. On the left are splotchy vertical lines and irregular shapes resembling a circle with star-like forms inside. On the right is a large black shape with angular parts. In the center are swirling, scratchy lines. The stark black shapes contrast with the plain white background.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on Rives BFK wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of STRIKE 400, Inc.)

  • Dimensions

    image (irregular): 46.36 × 60.64 cm (18 1/4 × 23 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 55.88 × 76.2 cm (22 × 30 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.2486

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Flint 1976, no. 101

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

STRIKE 400, Inc., Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1969; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1976

  • Flint, Janet. Jacob Kainen: Prints, A Retrospective. Washington, DC: National Collection of Fine Arts, 1976, p. 68, no. 101.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Jacob Kainen 1968; lower center in graphite: No dominion; lower left in graphite: 24/375

Markings

embossed lower right: (copyright symbol)

Watermarks

BFK Rives

Wikidata ID

Q77012060

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