Perito Moreno #11

2012–2013

Frank Thiel

Associated Names
Frank Thiel

Artist, German, born 1966

The image shows a glacier with towering ice formations. The viewer faces the glacier, with the horizon obscured by the ice formations. The glacier's texture is detailed, with jagged edges and crevices. The colors are icy blues and whites, with hints of darker blues and black lines. Chunks of ice float on turquoise water near the viewer.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chromogenic print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Heather Podesta Collection

  • Dimensions

    framed: 223.52 × 183.83 × 5.4 cm (88 × 72 3/8 × 2 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2021.99.3

  • Copyright

    © Frank Thiel / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn Courtesy: Sean Kelly, New York

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Sean Kelly Gallery, New York); Heather Podesta, Washington, DC, 1 February 2014; gift to NGA, 2021.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, top right corner in black ink: Perito Moreno #11 / 2012/13 / 220x180cm / edition 03/05 / Frank Thiel 2014; typed on Sean Kelly Gallery label affixed to top right in black ink: Frank Thiel / Perito Moreno #11, 2012/2013 / framed chromogenic print face mounted to Plexiglas / framed: 88 x 72 3/8 x 2 1/8 inches (223.7 x 183.7 x 5.5 cm) / edition of 5 with 2 APs (#3/5) / titled, dated, signed and numbered on verso / FT-PM.11.L.3

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