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Washington, DC 20565

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Open late until 8:00 p.m. on select nights
Through September 5
Exhibitions & Events
America’s 250th

Celebrating American art and artists
Art & Artists
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Artists Reimagining the Collection
Meet the 50 makers selected from more than 1,600 submissions

Malaga

1993

Christopher Brown

Associated Names

Christopher Brown

Artist, American, born 1951

Crown Point Press

Publisher

The image displays blurred and elongated shapes and lines resembling human forms against a softly painted background. Dark silhouettes with rounded tops suggest figures wearing hats and coats, reminiscent of pedestrians seen from above. Light and dark contrasts create a city street scene effect with shadows, appearing like people moving across a sunlit pavement.

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Artwork overview

Medium

color softground etching, spitbite aquatint, and aquatint on Somerset Soft White Textured paper
Credit Line

Gift of Kathan Brown
Dimensions

image: 25.4 x 25.4 cm (10 x 10 in.)
sheet: 45.7 x 43.2 cm (18 x 17 in.)
Accession Number

1998.40.48

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

in graphite below plate mark; lower left: OKTP; lower right: Christopher Brown 1993

Wikidata ID

Q75413013

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