Window Series IX

1960

Clinton Adams

Associated Names
Clinton Adams

Artist, American, 1918 - 2002

Garo Antreasian

Printer, American, 1922 - 2018

Tamarind Institute

Publisher

The image displays various rectangular and rounded shapes with layered and textured lines creating a multi-depth effect. The composition is abstract, featuring a central rectangular form surrounded by layers suggesting a frame or structure. Below, there is an oval shape containing smaller rounded forms. The color palette includes shades of blue, gray, and off-white, evoking a landscape or geological formations through abstraction.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on Rives BFK wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 45.72 × 38.1 cm (18 × 15 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.1989.9

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Conway 2012, no. 51

  • Portfolio Title

    The Window Series

Associated Artworks

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The image contains two rectangular compositions filled with geometric shapes and lines, creating an abstract visual experience. The upper block features intersecting rectangles and lines, while the lower block shows blocks and shapes aligned linearly. Both sections include shading for depth and dimension.

Window Series I

Clinton Adams, Garo Antreasian, Tamarind Institute

1960

The image shows a beige canvas with faint lines and abstract smudges across its surface, resembling a blank piece of parchment or a lightly stained sheet of paper.

The Window Series

Clinton Adams, Garo Antreasian, Joe Funk, Tamarind Institute

1960

The image displays abstract shapes and patterns within a central rectangular form with a thick black border. The top of the interior rectangle is filled with small circular shapes and textured lines. Below this, a darker band with circular forms creates contrast. Beneath the rectangle are layers of irregular shapes resembling geological formations or rough stone textures.

Window Series II

Clinton Adams, Joe Funk, Tamarind Institute

1960

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania; acquired 1964 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1989

  • Devon, Marjorie, and Peter Walch. Catalogue Raisonné: Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Inc., 1960-1970. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Art Museum, 1989, no. 103A.

2012

  • Conway, Robert P. A Meticulous Serenity: The Prints of Clinton Adams, 1948-1997, A Catalogue Raisonné. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2012, no. 51.

Wikidata ID

Q65508185

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