Daphne I [State I]

1985

Robert Kushner

Associated Names
Robert Kushner

Artist, American, born 1949

Crown Point Press

Publisher

The image features a collage of intersecting shapes and lines, including curving lines, bold streaks, circles, and hexagonal patterns, all in vibrant colors such as blue, yellow, brown, and red. Elements resembling eyes and floral motifs are woven into the design, with suggestions of facial features like eyebrows, eyes, and flowing hair-like lines. The varying textures and scattered placement of shapes and colors evoke the sense of layered fabric or wallpaper patterns.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color woodcut on Echizen Kozo paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Kathan Brown

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 82.6 x 63.5 cm (32 1/2 x 25 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1998.40.318

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Acquired by NGA in 1998 directly from Kathan Brown.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

along bottom, below image; lower left: "Daphne I"; lower center: AP 10; lower right: Robert Kushner [printer's signature in Japanese]

Markings

blind stamp lower right: [chop of Crown Point Press]; stamped in gray below image lower right: [workshop stamp in Japanese]

Wikidata ID

Q75415731

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