Melon Slice

1949

Clinton Adams

Associated Names
Clinton Adams

Artist, American, 1918 - 2002

Lynton R. Kistler

Printer, American, 1897 - 1993

The image features a large bottle-like object at the center, alongside a sliced fruit segment with seeds visible inside, and smaller rounded objects positioned to the right in the foreground. The color palette is primarily monochromatic, consisting of varying shades of gray and black, creating a soft, subdued atmosphere. The bottle is centrally placed with its top towards the upper third of the image, the sliced fruit sits below it, slightly to the left, and the two smaller objects rest towards the right against a textured background that suggests depth and subtle contrast with shadow and light.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Bob Stana and Tom Judy

  • Dimensions

    image: 32.07 × 41.43 cm (12 5/8 × 16 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 43.5 × 51.12 cm (17 1/8 × 20 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2019.109.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Conway 2012, no. 12

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Robert Conway; acquired by Bob Stana and Tom Judy, Washington, D.C., 2002; gift to National Gallery of Art, 2019.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2012

  • Conway, Robert P. A Meticulous Serenity: The Prints of Clinton Adams, 1948-1997, A Catalogue Raisonné. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2012, no. 12.

Inscriptions

lower right on stone: CA; lower left in graphite: 16/20; lower right in graphite: Clinton Adams; lower right corner in graphite by unknown hand: 16

Markings

embossed lower left: [Lynton R. Kistler]

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