Trial Pattern: Western [working proof 3]

2001

Gay Outlaw

Associated Names
Gay Outlaw

Artist, American, born 1959

Case Hudson

Printer, American, born 1968

The image shows an abstract composition filled with cloud-like shapes in pastel hues of white, tan, and blue, divided into two sections by a horizontal line. These shapes overlap and interweave, resembling fluffy cotton clusters or fragmented pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. The arrangement evokes the sight of a patchy sky or a patchwork quilt with irregular patterns.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color aquatint, sugar lift aquatint, and soft ground etching on wove Somerset paper [working proof 3]

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Kathan Brown

  • Dimensions

    plate: 45.2 × 36.2 cm (17 13/16 × 14 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 58 × 46.7 cm (22 13/16 × 18 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2024.132.578

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    [working proof 3]

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

Not signed. Not dated. "Outlaw: Trial Pattern: Western WP3" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

None.

Watermarks

None.

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