Figure in Yellow

1969

Clinton Adams

Associated Names
Clinton Adams

Artist, American, 1918 - 2002

Jean Milant

Printer, American, born 1943

Tamarind Institute

Publisher

The image displays a series of curved lines and shapes forming an abstract composition in the center, surrounded by a bold orange frame. In the center of the artwork is a square section depicting wavy, vertical yellow lines. The surrounding areas are filled with soft, flowing shapes in shades of beige and gray.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on German Etching wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Dorothy J. and Benjamin B. Smith

  • Dimensions

    image: 45.6 x 50.8 cm (17 15/16 x 20 in.)
    sheet: 57.1 x 61.2 cm (22 1/2 x 24 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1983.18.62

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Conway 2012, no. 107

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dorothy J. and Benjamin B. Smith, Beverly Hills, California; acquired 1983 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. 2525II.

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. 107.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Tamarind Impression; lower right in graphite: Clinton Adams '69

Markings

embossed lower left: [Tamarind]; embossed lower right: [Jean Milant]

Wikidata ID

Q74039592

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