Crow Dance

1988

Rick Bartow

Associated Names
Rick Bartow
Artist, American, 1946 - 2016
Robert Franklin
Printer, American, born 1930
This print displays a blend of jagged lines and curved forms, creating an abstract composition. A creature is in the center, with the body and hands of a human but the head of a black crow or raven. The creature’s beak is turned to the left, and we can see one bright red eye. Its hands are prominently visible, both partially raised with palms facing us. One of the creature’s knees also seems to be raised, suggesting that it is frozen in some kind of pose, perhaps mid-dance. Its body is mostly black and white, with some highlights of bright red and green. There is the outline of another hand near the top-right corner. The background is mostly off-white paper, but there are some dots and thin lines across it, as well as two small rectangles of red and green near the upper-left and upper-right corners.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Brandywine Workshop and Archives, Philadelphia; gifted to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

"Bartow 88" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. "Crow Dance" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand. "54/100" lower center margin, graphite, artist's hand.

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