Diamond from the set Five Studies from an Endless Film

1994

Christopher Brown

Associated Names
Christopher Brown

Artist, American, born 1951

Crown Point Press

Publisher

Renée Bott

Printer, American, active second half 20th century

The image shows two individuals from the waist up, both facing away from the viewer. The person on the left wears a long-sleeved shirt with a red and gray diamond pattern and seems to have short, dark hair. The individual on the right appears to be topless, with one arm around the person on the left. They have short dark hair as well. The background is an abstract, softly blurred setting with muted tones of blue and beige, with an area of brighter blue on the far right. There are no visible facial features due to their positioning.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color softground etching with scraping and burnishing on Lana Royal White paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Kathan Brown

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.8 x 25.4 cm (9 3/4 x 10 in.)
    sheet: 45.7 x 43.2 cm (18 x 17 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1998.40.54

  • Series Title

    Five Studies from an Endless Film

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Acquired by NGA in 1998 directly from Kathan Brown.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

in graphite below plate mark; lower left: OKTP; lower right: Christopher Brown 1994

Markings

stamped in gray lower right verso: Zapruder Film: Copyright 1967 / c/o James Lorin Silverberg, Esq. / Washington D.C. / All rights reserved

Wikidata ID

Q75412891

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