Against Shadows
1969
Artist, American, born Chile, 1940 - 1993
Artwork overview
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Medium
red chalk, graphite, acrylic paint, and collage on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 42.23 × 34.29 cm (16 5/8 × 13 1/2 in.)
sheet: 43.18 × 35.56 cm (17 × 14 in.) -
Accession
2015.19.2490
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Barrett M. Linde, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1969; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2017
Juan Downey: Radiant Nature, Pitzer College Art Galleries, Claremont, 2017, unnumbered catalogue.
Bibliography
1983
Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 258, no. 1706.
2017
Crouch, Robert and Ciara Ennis. Juan Downey: Radiant Nature. Exh. cat. Pitzer College Art Galleries, Claremont, CA,, 2017: p. 29.
Inscriptions
lower left in graphite: Juan Downey / "Against Shadows"; lower center in graphite: Quien hizo ceremonia de cenizar? / Jan 24/69 concert by Fred Pitts; lower right in graphite: Cast a Shadow on the / small Box. The Big Box / will light up its shape.
Watermarks
GRUMBACHER
Wikidata ID
Q64591562