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The First Step

1989

Paul Laster

Associated Names

Paul Laster

Artist, American, born 1951

The image contains a pattern of dark, textured diamond shapes arranged in a grid-like manner across the surface. The abstract overlay partially obscures the underlying black and white photograph of a person wearing what appears to be a uniform, with a cap prominently featuring an insignia or badge.

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Artwork overview

Medium

collage of inked transparent tape over halftone reproduction on glossy wove paper
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Thea Westreich and Ethan J. Wagner)
Dimensions

sheet: 17.78 × 13.34 cm (7 × 5 1/4 in.)
Accession Number

2015.19.4476

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Thea Westreich and Ethan J. Wagner, New York; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1994; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Inscriptions

center verso in graphite: Paul Laster / © 1989

Wikidata ID

Q64619080

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