Joaquin's Close Out

2006

Mary Heilmann

Associated Names
Mary Heilmann

Artist, American, born 1940

Crown Point Press

Publisher

Catherine Brooks

Printer, American, active early 21st century

Emily York

Technical Collaborator, American, active early 21st century

The image displays large, irregular, horizontal bands or blobs of color stacked one above the other. The colors transition from deep purple, pinkish-red, red-orange, to black or very dark brown against a pink background, creating an abstract layering effect.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color aquatint with spitbite aquatint and sugarlift aquatint on wove Somerset paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Kathan Brown

  • Dimensions

    plate: 75.88 × 55.56 cm (29 7/8 × 21 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 101.6 × 78.11 cm (40 × 30 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.119.32

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Kathan Brown, San Francisco; gift to NGA, 2011

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left below platemark in graphite: BAT; lower right below platemark in graphite: M. Heilmann 06; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: Heilmann: Joaquin's Close Out BAT

Watermarks

Somerset

Wikidata ID

Q76560090

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