Lost Reality

2000

Daniel Shay

Associated Names
Daniel Shay

Artist, American, born 1947

This abstract image features dense tangles of black lines and scribbles filling the canvas, with varying thickness and intensity. The lines create a textured appearance that can be likened to wild, unkempt hair or a stormy sky. The composition resembles a thicket or underbrush, with lines extending outward like branches or blades of grass. A horizontal brown line runs along the bottom edge, with a red circular stamp-like mark near the lower left corner.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and ink with pasted bamboo, stamped ink, and transparent watercolor on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Faya Causey in memory of Philip Conisbee

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 37.1 × 28 cm (14 5/8 × 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2024.83.11

  • Series Title

    Drawing and Driving

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

gift of the artist; Philip Conisbee and Faya Causey, Washington, DC; gift to NGA, 2024

Associated Names

Inscriptions

recto: at upper left, in black ink: LOST REALITY; at lower left, in black ink: SHAY 2000; verso: none

Markings

recto: at lower right, artist's chop in red ink; verso: none

Watermarks

None.

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