Plate 9

1993

Per Kirkeby

Associated Names
Per Kirkeby

Artist, Danish, 1938 - 2018

Crown Point Press

Publisher

The image displays irregular, flowing lines and dark, amorphous blobs in the center, set against a backdrop of lighter, wavy lines. In this abstract composition, two large dark shapes dominate the center. Around these central forms, swirling lines zigzag energetically. A few geometric shapes, including rectangles, are faintly apparent amidst the organic forms.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    one from a portfolio of 18 prints with title page: drypoint, hardground etching, and sugarlift aquatint with scraping on Somerset Textured White paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Kathan Brown

  • Dimensions

    plate: 15.2 x 22.9 cm (6 x 9 in.)
    sheet: 26.7 x 33 cm (10 1/2 x 13 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1997.8.111

  • Series Title

    Inventory

Associated Artworks

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This is a drawing of a textual composition featuring hand-written text that reads: "PER KIRKEBY INVENTORY San Francisco 1993" at the center, with "Crown Point Press" at the bottom. The text is on a textured background with horizontal lines and shading. A simple geometric shape is included below the main text. The overall impression is one of a title page or cover for a publication or catalog.

Title Page

Per Kirkeby, Crown Point Press

1993

Inventory

Per Kirkeby, Crown Point Press

1993

The composition displays bold, dark shapes resembling head-like forms with elongated leg-like structures, interconnected by jagged, angular lines. Square and triangular designs within the shapes suggest faces looking straight ahead. The figures face one direction on slender legs. Lighter trailing lines below and around them suggest movement or a landscape setting, enhancing the overall structure.

Plate 1

Per Kirkeby, Crown Point Press

1993

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. 158*, as Inventory: Plate 9.

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. 158*.

Inscriptions

lower right below plate mark in graphite: OK PK / 93

Watermarks

Somerset ENGLAND

Wikidata ID

Q75405124

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