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The So Called Angel

1961

Grace Hartigan

Associated Names

Grace Hartigan

Artist, American, 1922 - 2008

The image displays irregular, bold black shapes and lines on a white background. In the center are two large, slightly overlapping, rectangular forms in an orange color. Surrounding the orange forms are darker shapes and smudges. There are also subtle purple brushstrokes present in the image.

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Artwork overview

Medium

color screenprint on wove paper
Credit Line

Gift of Floriano Vecchi, Tiber Press, New York City
Dimensions

sheet: 45.9 x 36.2 cm (18 1/16 x 14 1/4 in.)
Accession Number

1996.150.6
Series Title

Salute

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Floriano Vecchi, New York (via Susan Sheehan Gallery, New York); gift to NGA 1996.

Associated Names

Susan Sheehan Gallery

Exhibition History

2025

Grace Hartigan: The Gift of Attention, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine (only shown in Portland), 2025-2026: cat. 30, no repro.

Bibliography

2025

Ledesma, Jared. Grace Hartigan: The Gift of Attention. Exh. cat. North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina; Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine, 2025-2026: no. 30, 79.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Hartigan '61 6/14; lower center verso in graphite: "The So Called Angel" 1960-61

Wikidata ID

Q75397957

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