Shoes and Socks

1973

Avigdor Arikha

Associated Names
Avigdor Arikha

Artist, Israeli, 1929 - 2010

The image shows elongated, dark, and rounded shapes with different textures suggesting depth. The forms resemble fingers or geological structures like stalagmites. Light and shadow play on the surfaces, giving a tactile quality akin to rock formations.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    sugarlift aquatint in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of the artist, 1979)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 23.81 × 17.94 cm (9 3/8 × 7 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 39.05 × 28.73 cm (15 3/8 × 11 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.2774

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

the artist, Paris, France; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1979; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: l'ere Epreuve d'essai; lower right in graphite: Arikha '73 / [the artist's Hebrew name]

Watermarks

BARKER / [knot symbol]

Wikidata ID

Q77013227

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