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Pani Rang #17

1981

Lynda Benglis

Associated Names

Lynda Benglis

Artist, American, born 1941

The image contains colorful shapes and lines on a bright yellow background in an abstract composition. Checkerboard patterns in different colors such as blue, black, red, and orange are scattered around the canvas. Curved lines interweave with these patterns. Soft cloud-like formations in pink and green tones are also present. Dotted and scalloped patterns line the edges.

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Artwork overview

Medium

watercolor and ink with block printing on handmade Gandhi Ashram 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: 116 x 85 cm (45 11/16 x 33 7/16 in.)
Accession Number

1991.241.37

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Vogel

Exhibition History

1997

From Minimal to Conceptual Art: Works from the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection (NGA National Lending Service Exhibition), The Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art (formerly Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery), University of Texas, Austin, 1997.
From Minimal to Conceptual Art: Works from the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection (NGA National Lending Service Exhibition), Portland (Oregon) Art Museum, 1997.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Lynda Benglis 1981 / #17; lower center verso in graphite: Lynda Benglis Pani Rang #17

Wikidata ID

Q64594424

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