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Dossett [recto]

1970-1971

Ed McGowin

Associated Names

Ed McGowin

Artist, American, born 1938

The image consists of undulating lines and shapes forming a grid pattern intersecting at right angles. It features a background of vertical lines and a small section of color at the top edge of some shapes using earthy tones like brown and green.

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Artwork overview

Medium

pen and black ink with colored pencil on wove paper
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Museum exchange with the artist)
Dimensions

sheet: 30.48 × 22.86 cm (12 × 9 in.)
Accession Number

2015.19.2825.a

The image depicts wavy lines and blocky forms arranged in a grid, creating an abstract pattern. — Dossett [verso]

Ed McGowin

1970

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

the artist, New York; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1981; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art

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. 256, no. 1688.

Inscriptions

lower center in black ink: "DOSSETT" '70-'71 / FOAM, ROPE, CHEESECLOTH, DYE, LIGHT, DOSSETT.

Wikidata ID

Q64556251

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