Rio Grande

1998

Francis Xavier Tolbert

Associated Names
Francis Xavier Tolbert

Artist, born 1945

The image features a large plant with sharp, elongated green leaves radiating from a central stem. The color palette includes shades of green, yellow, and black against a light background. In the top left corner, there is a small illustration of a cocktail glass, and in the top right corner, a doodle resembling a face with glasses. The bottom of the image contains blue and black lines with text "RIO GRANDE" and "HAVEL," along with the numbers 4.22 and X98.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    transparent and opaque watercolor and black crayon on paper, prepared with white ground

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Bob Stana and Tom Judy

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 42.9 × 35.5 cm (16 7/8 × 14 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2022.173.58

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, Texas; to Robert Stana and Thomas Judy, Washington, D.C., 2004; gift to NGA, 2022.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

"Rio Grande" lower left margin, back crayon. "Havel" lower right margin, black crayon. "4.22" lower left margin,black crayon. "X.98" lower right margin, black crayon.

Markings

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Watermarks

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