Tybee Forks and Starts (M)

1978

Jan Groover

Associated Names
Jan Groover

Artist, American, 1943 - 2012

The image shows a large rectangular piece of metal with a serrated edge on the left, positioned diagonally, and a wider, rounded metal object to the right, both set against a textured brown fabric. The color palette is dominated by shades of brown and beige, with a hint of gold on the left metal object. The rectangular metal piece crosses diagonally from the bottom-left to top-right, while the rounded piece is situated to the right. A smaller brown object, appearing like a handle, is nestled in the lower-center, partially obscured by the fabric.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Max B. Schwartz, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, New York; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (through Robert Miller Gallery, New York), 1982; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1979

  • American Images: New Work by Twenty Contemporary Photographers, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, October 13 – December 2, 1979, organized by the Bell System. Travelled until April 1982.

1982

  • Acquisitions Since 1975, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, November 5, 1982 – January 16, 1983

Bibliography

1979

  • Danese, Renato ed. American Images: New Work by Twenty Contemporary Photographers. Exh. cat. New York, 1979: 145, no. 200.

Inscriptions

by unknown hand on mount, bottom center in graphite: M; on verso of mount, signed by artist, bottom left: Tybee M 2/6 J.G. 1978; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right: 1982.3.41

Wikidata ID

Q64155582

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