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Untitled

1969

Hugh Townley

Associated Names

Hugh Townley

Artist, American, 1923 - 2008

Tamarind Institute

Publisher

The image depicts a triangular shape pointing upwards in a monochrome red palette. The composition includes faint outlines resembling a doorway and abstract forms that could be interpreted as everyday objects like a bucket or column.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph (stone) in two reds on Rives BFK paper
Credit Line

Gift of Dorothy J. and Benjamin B. Smith
Dimensions

sheet: 30.8 x 25.8 cm (12 1/8 x 10 3/16 in.)
Accession Number

1984.34.1041

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. 2629II.

Inscriptions

across bottom verso in graphite: Tam Imp / 2629 State II / Rives BFK / Townley '69

Markings

IS: Tamarind (T.1); BS: Ringness (T.64)

Wikidata ID

Q74064644

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