Abundance

1981

Italo Scanga

Associated Names
Italo Scanga

Artist, American, 1932 - 2001

Crown Point Press

Publisher

The image depicts intersecting lines and shapes creating an abstract visual. A humanoid figure with a cross-hatched texture stands in the foreground with hands in pockets, gazing outward. Two fish-like shapes swim in the background. In the top left corner, a red and white depiction resembling a rooster’s head is doodled within a rectangular frame. Below this, a cone-shaped object with a netted design dangles. Nearby are sketches of a meat cleaver-like tool, a patterned mug, and a shoe-like shape. The image presents a surreal and cluttered collection of objects in an abstract scene.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and spitbite aquatint in black and red on Arches Cover Buff paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Kathan Brown

  • Dimensions

    plate: 90.8 x 60.9 cm (35 3/4 x 24 in.)
    sheet: 106.7 x 74.9 cm (42 x 29 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1997.8.186


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Acquired by NGA in 1997 directly from Kathan Brown.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1997

  • Thirty-five Years at Crown Point Press, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997, no. 101*.

Bibliography

1997

  • Thirty-five Years at Crown Point Press. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington; The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1997-1998: no. 101*.

Wikidata ID

Q75403955

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