After Hours

1954

Billy Morrow Jackson

Associated Names
Billy Morrow Jackson

Artist, American, 1926 - 2006

The image features interlocking geometric shapes, lines, and forms creating an abstract composition. A figure suggests a musician with arms extended playing a keyboard instrument. Additionally, abstract shapes resemble a drummer with sticks poised over a cylindrical form resembling a drum. Curved and angular lines add depth and dynamism, while shading and textural details evoke familiar objects like a microphone stand at the center of the composition.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Bob Stana and Tom Judy

  • Dimensions

    plate: 45.4 × 60.64 cm (17 7/8 × 23 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 49.53 × 65.41 cm (19 1/2 × 25 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.148.26

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington, D.C.); Bob Stana and Tom Judy, Washington, D.C., 1990; acquired 2017 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 2/10; lower center in graphite: After Hours; lower right in graphite: Bill Jackson; lower left corner in graphite by unknown hand: 2; upper right corner in graphite by unknown hand: 3 1/2" / 4" at bottom; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: dc-463

Wikidata ID

Q77015423

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