Face-Off

1999

Bruce Thayer

Associated Names
Bruce Thayer

Artist, born 1952

The image shows a large depiction of a face with exaggerated features, including large eyes and an open mouth. The colorful stylized face is on the left side, with dark hair. The background is beige with "FACE OFF" written on the right. To the right of the face is a colorful hand. Below are smaller portraits of faces. At the bottom, there is a chalkboard-like text that reads a sequence of phrases. In the upper right corner, there is a small hand-drawn image of a hand, a signature, and a date.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collograph and etching with stamped ink and colored pencil additions on two conjoined sheets of wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Bob Stana and Tom Judy

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 66.9 × 76 cm (26 5/16 × 29 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2022.173.56

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Printworks Gallery, Chicago, Illinois; to Robert Stana and Thomas Judy, Washington, D.C., 2003; gift to NGA, 2022.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

"B. Thayer" lower right margin, graphite. "Apr. 30 1999" lower right margin, black stamped ink. "Face-Off" lower center margin, graphite. "1/4" lower center margin, graphite.

Markings

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