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Traps & Snares

c. 1953

Billy Morrow Jackson

Associated Names

Billy Morrow Jackson

Artist, American, 1926 - 2006

The image contains abstract shapes and lines, composed of curved and intersecting lines with dotted embellishments. These forms resemble a drum set, including elements similar to cymbals, a bass drum, and drumsticks. The arrangement of circles, rectangles, and straight lines suggests a musical ensemble, depicting musical instruments in an abstract way.

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Artwork overview

Medium

screenprint
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Dimensions

image: 222 x 160 mm (irregular)
sheet: 280 x 215 mm
Accession Number

2008.115.2659

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Lyle Sarnevitz, Boston, MA); to Dave H. and Reba W. Williams, Greenwich, CT, 20 August 1997; gift to the NGA, 2008.

Associated Names

Dave H. and Reba W. Williams

Inscriptions

In pencil: lower left, 5/15; lower center, Traps & Snares; lower right, BM Jackson.

Wikidata ID

Q76442406

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