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Basket, Table, Door, Window, Mirror, Rug #27

1974

Richard Artschwager

Associated Names

Richard Artschwager

Artist, American, 1923 - 2013

The image shows several spherical objects. One sphere has a basket weave pattern, another has a rounded form with a geometric pattern. The color scheme is black lines on a light cream or white background. In the center, there is a cluster of three spheres, and on the right, there is a single sphere with a basket weave design. Towards the upper right, there is a smaller sphere with a geometric pattern, and to the left, there are faint outlines of overlapping circles.

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Artwork overview

Medium

pen and black ink over graphite on wove paper
Credit Line

The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, Patrons' Permanent Fund and Gift of Dorothy and Herbert Vogel
Dimensions

sheet: 19.9 × 29.5 cm (7 13/16 × 11 5/8 in.)
Accession Number

1991.241.19

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dorothy and Herbert Vogel, New York, NY; purchase/gift to NGA, 1991.

Associated Names

Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Vogel

Bibliography

1976

Artschwager, Richard, and Catherine Kord. Basket, Table, Door, Window, Mirror, Rug: 53 Drawings by Richard Artschwager. New York, NY, 1976: p. 27.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: #50; lower right verso in graphite: Artschwager '75

Wikidata ID

Q64620418

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