A Little Night Music

1978

Joseph Goldyne

Associated Names
Joseph Goldyne

Artist, American, born 1942

El Dorado Press

Printer

The image displays an abstract composition. A large, angled shape resembling a stylized string instrument is situated in the upper central area against a softly speckled background of blue, red, and yellow hues. Below this shape, an industrial skyline with chimneys and buildings is depicted, silhouetted against a horizon with a full round shape on the right side. The composition combines abstract shapes with familiar imagery of musical and urban elements.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color etching, aquatint, and drypoint with chine collé on gray laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Bob Stana and Tom Judy

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.46 × 13.97 cm (6 7/8 × 5 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 33.02 × 24.13 cm (13 × 9 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.148.22

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Garver 2003, no. 52

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Bob Stana and Tom Judy, Washington, D.C., 2001; acquired 2017 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

2003

  • Denker, Eric, Thomas H. Garver, et al. Joseph Goldyne: The Pull of the Eye, the Play of the Hand. Washington, D.C.: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 2003, p. 209, no. 52.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 24/30; lower center in graphite: A Little Night Music; lower right in graphite: JRG

Markings

embossed lower center: [circle above line]

Wikidata ID

Q77015399

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