Billie's Ring Preliminary

1965

Thomas Downing

Associated Names
Thomas Downing

Painter, American, 1928 - 1985

This painting shows a series of twelve evenly spaced circles in varying colors forming a perfect ring, set against a neutral beige background. The circles are identical sizes, in shades of blue, green, purple, brown, purple, yellow, and red. They are positioned similarly to the numbers on a clock.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist; sold to Mauricio Alvarez. purchased 1972 by Donald Cohen, Washington; gift 16 December 1981 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on upper tacking margin: Downing, Billie's RIng Preliminary, March 65

Wikidata ID

Q46637694

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