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Suburbs (Softground Series) III

Tony Cragg

Associated Names

Tony Cragg

Artist, British, born 1949

Crown Point Press

Publisher

The image portrays an array of rounded, bulbous shapes rising upwards with sketch-like lines defining their contours, set against a background of rectangular forms. The shapes are densely packed, each with an individual form, collectively resembling a gathering.

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Artwork overview

Medium

softground etching and aquatint in black and yellow on Somerset Textured paper
Credit Line

Gift of Kathan Brown
Dimensions

sheet: 36.5 × 31.7 cm (14 3/8 × 12 1/2 in.)
Accession Number

1998.40.140

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Acquired by NGA in 1998 directly from Crown Point Press.

Associated Names

Brown, Kathan

Inscriptions

in graphite; below plate mark, lower left: oktp; lower right: Tony Cragg; lower left corner: #5(3); various printer's notations in graphite on verso

Wikidata ID

Q75413368

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