The Pie-Faced Squilk and Her Pink-Nosed Neighbor

c. 1922

Edward Steichen

Associated Names
Edward Steichen

Artist, American, born Luxembourg, 1879 - 1973

The image displays geometric shapes like triangles, a rectangle, and a circular dot arranged in an abstract composition. A blue rectangle supports a purple triangle, creating a bird-like form with a pink triangular beak protruding from a teal rectangle that forms the head. A small circular dot on the pink triangle could represent an eye. The background is a light green square, and the lower part of the image features an orange rectangle resembling a surface or ground.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    opaque watercolor and ink over graphite on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Joanna T. Steichen

  • Dimensions

    image: 20 x 15.88 cm (7 7/8 x 6 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 25.4 x 17.78 cm (10 x 7 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.85.13

  • Series Title

    Oochens

  • Copyright

    © Estate of Edward Steichen

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

by descent to Joanna T. Steichen, the artist's wife, New York; bequest to NGA, 2011

Associated Names

Inscriptions

upper center verso in graphite: The pink nosed squilk / THE PRINK NOSED SQUILK; lower center verso in graphite by unknown hand: 09

Wikidata ID

Q64557614

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