The Window II

1959

Clinton Adams

Associated Names
Clinton Adams

Artist, American, 1918 - 2002

The image displays overlapping rectangles and lines creating an abstract composition. Horizontal and vertical lines intersect to form rectangular shapes suggesting picture frames or architectural elements. Textured, mottled areas within the composition resemble stone or weathered surfaces, alluding to faded walls or vintage photographs. These textures and shapes combine to form an intricate and abstract depiction.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, engraving, and aquatint in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Richard Florsheim Art Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 40.5 x 30 cm (15 15/16 x 11 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 47.3 x 35.9 cm (18 5/8 x 14 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.43.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Conway 2012, no. 47

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Toby C. Moss, Los Angeles, California); acquired 2001 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

2012

  • Conway, Robert P. A Meticulous Serenity: The Prints of Clinton Adams, 1948-1997, A Catalogue Raisonné. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2012, no. 47.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 3/20: lower center in graphite: The Window II; lower right in graphite: Clinton Adams '59

Wikidata ID

Q76337538

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