Title Page

1964

Walasse Ting

Associated Names
Walasse Ting

Artist, American, born China, 1929 - 2010

Tamarind Institute

Publisher

The image contains an array of dark scribbled lines and shapes arranged within loose, abstract forms. These elements create a pattern resembling tangled wires or a nest. The composition is bordered by a rough rectangle with a jagged and fluid top edge, giving the appearance of a torn frame. Below this, a series of brush strokes flow across the bottom, curving and twisting like a snake or a river. The abstract nature of the image allows for various interpretations, such as a dense forest or a storm captured in black and white, presented in an abstract visual form.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph (stone) in black on Rives BFK paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Dorothy J. and Benjamin B. Smith

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 71 x 96.5 cm (27 15/16 x 38 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1984.34.993

  • Series Title

    Hollywood Honeymoon: I


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1989

  • Devon, Marjorie, and Peter Walch. Catalogue Raisonné: Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Inc., 1960-1970. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Art Museum, 1989, no. 1174.

Inscriptions

center left in plate: TING & TAMARIND; lower center in graphite: TamarindImpression ting 64; lower left verso in graphite: 1174

Markings

BS: Tamarind (T.1), Bleha (T.7)

Wikidata ID

Q74064476

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