Silent Eclectic Fish Tattoo

1964

Vera Berdich, Art Green, Suellen Rocca, and William Schwedler

Associated Names
Vera Berdich

Artist, American, 1915 - 2003

Art Green

Artist, American, born 1941

Suellen Rocca

Artist, American, 1943 - 2020

William Schwedler

Artist, American, 1942 - 1982

The image shows interconnected shapes and lines forming an abstract composition. Mechanical components and geometric shapes are at the top, including stair-like forms and a funnel. In the center, there is a fragmented torso with human-like arms crossing over a heart-shaped center filled with mechanical details. The lower half of the figure has a skirt-like drapery, standing on brick platforms and a scaffold structure. Droplets with heart motifs fall from the figure, creating an abstract representation connecting industrial objects and the human form.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Purchased as the Gift of Stephen Dull

  • Dimensions

    plate: 45.72 × 14.29 cm (18 × 5 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 48.58 × 21.59 cm (19 1/8 × 8 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.158.7

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Corbett vs. Dempsey Gallery, Chicago, Illinois); acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Inscriptions

center left in plate: F; lower left in plate: Wm. A. Schwedler; upper right in plate: Art Green; center in plate: S. Rocca; upper right in graphite (vertically): Art Green; center right in graphite (vertically): S. Rocca / Vera Berdich / 64'; lower right in graphite: (vertically): Wm. Schwedler

Wikidata ID

Q77015916

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