E.T. on the Farm

1969

Richard Tuttle

Associated Names
Richard Tuttle

Artist, American, born 1941

The image shows connected rectangular shapes with highlighted edges in turquoise against a plain background. The arrangement of lines and shapes suggests an incomplete or stylized letter "E" or irregular grid. The use of turquoise against the neutral background emphasizes the geometric forms, resembling architectural floor plans or abstract representations of shelves or tiles. The perforated edge at the top of the paper hints at it being from a sketchbook or pad.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1987

  • Beyond the Picture: Works by Robert Barry, Sol LeWitt, Robert Mangold, Richard Tuttle from the Collection of Dorothy & Herbert Vogel, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany, 3 May-5 June 1987

1992

  • The Poetry of Form, IVAM Centre Julio González, Valencia, 1992.

1993

  • The Poetry of Form, Indianapolis Museum of Art; Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, 1993-1995.

Bibliography

1987

  • Beyond the Picture: Works by Robert Barry, Sol LeWitt, Robert Mangold, Richard Tuttle from the Collection of Dorothy & Herbert Vogel, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany, 1987, 122

1992

  • The Poetry of Form, Richard Tuttle/Drawings from the Vogel Collection, Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno, Valencia, Spain, 1992

Inscriptions

upper right verso in graphite: "E.T. on the Farm" / 1969 / watercolor / Richard Tuttle

Wikidata ID

Q64628598

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