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Basket, Table, Door, Window, Mirror, Rug #41 [recto]

1974

Richard Artschwager

Associated Names

Richard Artschwager

Artist, American, 1923 - 2013

A rectangular table with four legs is in the center of the image. A door is on the right side, and a window is on the left. The image is in monochrome with black lines on a white background. The table is placed at an angle, the door is on the right wall, opening outward. The window is on the upper left wall, and a cloth or towel is near the door in the bottom right corner.

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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

overall: 22.6 × 32.3 cm (8 7/8 × 12 11/16 in.)
sheet: 19.9 × 29.5 cm (7 13/16 × 11 5/8 in.)
Accession Number

1991.241.24.a

The image displays an abstract composition of intersecting and diverging lines and shapes. There is a door on the left and a shape that could be perceived as a chair on the right. The arrangement of lines hints at familiar objects like a table or floor, while maintaining a non-representational quality. Overall, the image conveys a structured yet indistinct interior setting. — Basket, Table, Door, Window, Mirror, Rug [verso]

Richard Artschwager

1974

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. 41.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: 39-40; lower right verso in graphite: Artschwager '75; lower right verso in graphite: 40

Wikidata ID

Q64620424

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