Standing While All Around Are Sinking

1977

Roger Brown

Associated Names
Roger Brown

Artist, American, 1941 - 1997

Teaberry Press

Publisher, American

The image shows rectangular and angular shapes creating an abstract cityscape. In the center, a tall, narrow building with rectangular windows stands upright. The surrounding buildings are depicted at various angles, with silhouettes of people visible in the windows.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Collectors Committee

  • Dimensions

    plate: 50.17 × 39.37 cm (19 3/4 × 15 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 65.41 × 55.88 cm (25 3/4 × 22 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.157.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Roger Brown Estate, Chicago; purchased 2015 by NGA, with funds donated by the Collectors Committee

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Roger Brown; lower right in graphite: 10/50; lower left verso in graphite: TEABERRY PRESS / RB77-006 SAIC 116

Watermarks

B.F.K. RIVES FRANCE

Wikidata ID

Q77015879

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