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Washington, DC 20565

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Artists Reimagining the Collection
Meet the 50 makers selected from more than 1,600 submissions

31, male, artist

2002

Nigel Poor

Associated Names

Nigel Poor

Artist, American, born 1963

The image shows six objects in a symmetrical layout. In the top center is a light gray electronic device, to its right is a paint-covered knife on a black background, and on the top left is a small bouquet of blue and white flowers. Moving to the bottom row from left to right: a circular pattern on a beige background, a rock-like object on a white background, and a sheet of paper with black ink brushwork and calligraphy on a tan background. The color palette consists of beige, black, gray, blue, and metallic copper on the knife.

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Artwork overview

Medium

6 chromogenic prints
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Cheryl Haines and Museum Purchase through support of Shifting Foundation and Jeff Keswin)
Dimensions

image/sheet (each): 19 × 19 cm (7 1/2 × 7 1/2 in.)
framed: 40.96 × 60.01 × 4.45 cm (16 1/8 × 23 5/8 × 1 3/4 in.)
Accession Number

2015.19.4954.8

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Haines Gallery, San Francisco); gift and purchased by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2003; acquired by NGA, 2015.

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Exhibition History

2003

Forty-Seventh Biennial Exhibition: Fantasy Underfoot, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, December 21, 2002 – March 11, 2003

Bibliography

2002

Binstock, Jonathan P. The 47th Corcoran Biennial: Fantasy Underfoot. Exh. cat. Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2002: 78-81, 108.

Inscriptions

on verso of frame, by unknown hand, center in blue ink on white label: g 1 p 8

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