Study VI, New York Harbor [verso, #42, white]

1997

Richard Estes

Associated Names
Richard Estes

Artist, American, born 1932

Shigemitsu Tsukaguchi

Printer, Japanese, active late 20th century

Marlborough Graphics

Publisher

This object’s media is not available for download. Contact us about image usage.
Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    carved and inked woodblock

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Marlborough Graphics, New York

  • Dimensions

    block: 40.48 × 34.61 × 1.75 cm (15 15/16 × 13 5/8 × 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2000.50.9.b

Associated Artworks

This is a painting of an abstract textured surface with a landscape suggestion. The artwork presents a wooden board with colors and textures forming a scene. In the center, there is a rectangular area depicting a serene scene that could evoke a body of water with reflections, bordered by blue and earthy beige shapes forming an irregular oval around the central image. Crackling and grainy textures add depth, while hints of other colors create a more organic surface.

Study VI, New York Harbor [recto, #11, blue-gray]

Richard Estes, Shigemitsu Tsukaguchi, Marlborough Graphics

1997

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Marlborough Gallery, New York); acquired 2000 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Inscriptions

upper right in black ink: 42; lower right in black ink on adhered label: 42 White

Markings

printed lower right in black ink on adhered label: Artist: Richard Estes / Title: New York Harbor / Date: 1997 / Block# , Color

You may be interested in

Loading Results