Culross Castle, Scotland

1985

Dick Arentz

Associated Names
Dick Arentz

Artist, American, born 1935

The image shows a courtyard or alley scene framed by bold brushstrokes. The upper half is filled with buildings featuring steeply pitched roofs, narrow windows, and doors. The border consists of distinct brushstrokes adding emphasis to the scene. The color palette is primarily gray and black, enhancing textures and shadows of the buildings. Additional structures in the distance provide depth to the scene.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    platinum/palladium print

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of the artist)

  • Dimensions

    image: 30.48 × 50.17 cm (12 × 19 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 54.29 × 65.9 cm (21 3/8 × 25 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.22.80

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dick Arentz, Flagstaff, AZ; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art (through Jones Troyer Fitzpatrick, Washington, DC), 1986; acquired by NGA, 2016.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right in black ink: Arentz 85; lower right: 8/50; lower right: CULROSS CASTLE, / SCOTLAND / 1220153; on verso, by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right in graphite: 1986.3.1

Markings

lower left below image embossed inside rectangular border: PLATINUM / PALLADIUM / [line] / © DICK ARENTZ

Wikidata ID

Q64146603

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