Black Spokane

1964

Will Barnet

Associated Names
Will Barnet

Artist, American, 1911 - 2012

The image displays angular shapes created with solid black lines. It includes a large inverted trapezoidal shape with triangular indentations. The composition is abstract and invites viewers to interpret the shapes in their way.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color aquatint on Arches wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Bob Stana and Tom Judy

  • Dimensions

    plate: 60.48 × 26.19 cm (23 13/16 × 10 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 75.88 × 56.52 cm (29 7/8 × 22 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.143.8

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Cole 1972, no. 128

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington, D.C.); Bob Stana and Tom Judy, Washington, D.C., 1996; acquired 2018 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1972

  • Cole, Sylvan. Will Barnet: Etchings, Lithographs, Woodcuts, Serigraphs, 1932-1972, Catalogue Raisonné. New York: Associated American Artists, 1972, no. 128.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Black Spokane; lower center in graphite: artist's Imp; lower right in graphite: Will Barnet; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: DC-137

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