Black & Gray with Diagonal

1973

Richard Tuttle

Associated Names
Richard Tuttle

Artist, American, born 1941

The image displays an abstract arrangement of angular shapes and lines forming a central geometric figure. The composition consists of a combination of dark and light tones, with one section resembling a narrow, elongated right triangle and another taking the form of a flat, broad rectangle emerging from its side. These shapes appear to form the silhouette of an arrowhead or a stylized bird in flight, set against a plain, untextured background. The abstract depiction allows for multiple interpretations, drawing connections to familiar objects through its crisp angles and shades.
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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

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.

2005

  • "The Art of Richard Tuttle", San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Des Moines Art Center, 2005-2006, no. 158.

Bibliography

1992

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

Inscriptions

upper left verso in graphite: Richard Tuttle 1973 / Black + Grey with Diagonal watercolor

Wikidata ID

Q64628619

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