A Time and a Place

1969

Jim Nutt

Associated Names
Jim Nutt

Artist, American, born 1938

The image displays abstract shapes and lines forming a human-like figure with exaggerated features. The figure has oversized hands and a head with a prominent hairstyle in the shape of the letter "D." The face and torso have abstract elements resembling a pig's snout and a textured appearance resembling hair or fur. The figure's body is decorated with text, symbols, and smaller illustrations including a loudspeaker labeled "H" on each arm, shoes, and floating hands. Below the main figure is a smaller muscular individual holding a tool, illustrated in an abstract style. Text phrases like "her pants are dry!," "ouch," and "HURRY" are also included in the artwork.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Bob Stana and Tom Judy

  • Dimensions

    image (irregular): 32.7 × 26.35 cm (12 7/8 × 10 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 47.94 × 36.83 cm (18 7/8 × 14 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.115.33


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Russell Bowman Art Gallery, Chicago, Illinois); Bob Stana and Tom Judy, Washington, D.C., 2007; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Inscriptions

upper center on stone: her pants are dry!; lower center in graphite: a time and a place; center verso in graphite: 6/9 / Jim Nutt

Wikidata ID

Q77015498

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