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Artists Reimagining the Collection
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Chicken Fat Knots

1983

Lynda Benglis

Associated Names

Lynda Benglis

Artist, American, born 1941

A series of intertwined and overlapping brown ribbons form a complex, organic shape set against a pale background. The intertwined forms suggest movement and entanglement. The abstract design invites viewers to interpret the shapes through their lens of familiar objects, although their true form remains elusive and open-ended.

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Artwork overview

Medium

color monoprint on wove paper
Credit Line

Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection
Dimensions

overall: 78.5 x 53.9 cm (30 7/8 x 21 1/4 in.)
Accession Number

2007.6.244

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Vogel, New York; gift to NGA, 2007.

Associated Names

Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Vogel

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Lynda Benglis '83

Markings

BS: (unidentified)

Wikidata ID

Q76348010

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