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Andy Goldsworthy

Associated Names

Andy Goldsworthy

Artist, British, born 1956

The image shows a large abstract shape resembling a cloud or a cluster with a cracked pattern drawn in pencil. The color palette is grayscale, and the drawing is on a white piece of paper. The abstract shape is slightly to the left on the paper, with the cracked sections mainly on the left side and fading into a less detailed outline on the right. The paper is vertical and has perforations on the right edge.

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Artwork overview

Medium

graphite on wove paper
Credit Line

Gift of the Artist, Andy Goldsworthy
Dimensions

overall: 21 x 29.2 cm (8 1/4 x 11 1/2 in.)
Accession Number

2005.100.4

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Andy Goldsworthy, Dumfriesshire, Scotland; gift to NGA, 2005.

Associated Names

Goldsworthy, Andy

Wikidata ID

Q64535853

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