The Deer Park

1945

Guy MacCoy

Associated Names
Guy MacCoy

Artist, American, 1904 - 1981

The image shows an array of geometric shapes and bold lines on a textured reddish background. A large red figure resembling a stylized deer or stag is in the lower right, with intricate patterns on its body and antlers. Accompanying the deer are hexagonal and polygonal shapes, some filled with texture or additional lines, resembling gemstones or stones. The composition blends organic shapes with rigid, angular components.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color screenprint on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Bob Stana and Tom Judy

  • Dimensions

    image: 26.99 × 35.08 cm (10 5/8 × 13 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 35.08 × 42.7 cm (13 13/16 × 16 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.148.42

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Annex Galleries, Santa Rosa, California); Bob Stana and Tom Judy, Washington, D.C., 1987; acquired 2017 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: "The Deer Park"; lower right in graphite: Guy MacCoy '45; upper right corner in graphite by unknown hand: 14 1/4 x / 11 1/4"

Markings

stamped upper left verso in black: Copyright by Guy MacCoy / Sep 20 1945

Wikidata ID

Q77015483

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