Palm Root

1989

Al Taylor

Associated Names
Al Taylor

Artist, American, 1948 - 1999

Niels Borch Jensen

Printer, Danish, born 1952

Galerie Alfred Kren, Cologne

Publisher

Dan Albert Benveniste

Printer, Danish, born 1966

Mette Ulstrup

Printer, active, Denmark, 1989

The image displays a series of elongated, looping curves intersecting and tapering towards a common point. The abstract artwork features arcs that could evoke the wings of a butterfly or sails of a boat. Thin, pencil-like lines emerge from a shared origin at the bottom, sweeping outward and upward, suggesting movement and growth in a harmonious interplay of shapes.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint, and open bite etching on Zerkall Bütten paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Debbie Taylor

  • Dimensions

    plate: 34.13 × 23.02 cm (13 7/16 × 9 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 48.9 × 35.4 cm (19 1/4 × 13 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.112.11

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Taylor 2013, 44

  • Portfolio Title

    Ten Common (Hawaiian Household) Objects

  • Copyright

    © The Estate of Al Taylor; Reproduced by permission.

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

artist; by inheritance to his widow, Debbie Taylor, New York, NY; gift to National Gallery of Art, 2018

Associated Names

Bibliography

2013

  • Semff, Michael, and Debbie Taylor, eds. Al Taylor Prints:Catalogue Raisonne. Ostfildern, Germany: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2013: 108, no. 44.

Inscriptions

lower left, beneath plate in graphite: 12/15; lower right, beneath plate, signed and dated in graphite: Al Taylor '89; verso, lower left in graphite: AT (PR-89.05)

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