Indian Plate

1943

Guy MacCoy

Associated Names
Guy MacCoy

Artist, American, 1904 - 1981

There are three major objects in the image: a plate with a geometric pattern, a conch shell, and a vase, all surrounded or partially outlined by red geometric shapes. The color palette includes browns, beiges, reds, black, and white. The plate is positioned towards the upper left, the conch shell lies in the center foreground, and the vase is on the right. The composition is on a flat surface with a muted background.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color screenprint on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Bob Stana and Tom Judy

  • Dimensions

    image: 27.78 × 34.61 cm (10 15/16 × 13 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 30.48 × 39.53 cm (12 × 15 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.148.41

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Annex Galleries, Santa Rosa, California); Bob Stana and Tom Judy, Washington, D.C., 1988; acquired 2017 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: "Indian Plate"; lower right in graphite: Guy MacCoy '43; center left edge in graphite by unknown hand: Virdone; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: AE8909; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: EN-CE

Wikidata ID

Q77015481

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