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Celebrating American art and artists
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Artists Reimagining the Collection
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Father and Son Song

1987/1989

Sandro Chia

Associated Names

Sandro Chia

Artist, Italian, born 1946

Graphicstudio

Publisher

The image contains colorful and interwoven shapes and lines with varying edges and curving outlines. Some shapes resemble resting human figures in red-orange and pink hues. Other elements depict a hillside or landscape in green, orange, and red hues against a deep blue background. Black-and-white swirls are present between the figures.

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Artwork overview

Medium

heliorelief and woodcut on hot-pressed T.H. Saunders paper, with painted oak and gum plywood frame and assemblage
Credit Line

Gift of Graphicstudio/University of South Florida and the Artist in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Dimensions

overall (with frame): 217.8 x 192.1 x 10.8 cm (85 3/4 x 75 5/8 x 4 1/4 in.)
Accession Number

1990.72.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Graphicstudio, University of South Florida, Tampa; acquired 1990 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1991

Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1991, 496-497, color repro.

Bibliography

1991

Fine, Ruth E., and Mary Lee Corlett. Graphicstudio: Contemporary Art from the Collaborative Workshop at the University of South Florida. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, p. 291, no. 30.
Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1991: p.496.

Wikidata ID

Q74885270

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