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French Hotel Drawing

1973

Richard Tuttle

Associated Names

Richard Tuttle

Artist, American, born 1941

The image displays an abstract shape with intersecting lines and shaded sections. The form is centered on the canvas and resembles a heart or butterfly silhouette with rounded lobes and overlapping contours. The pencil work adds to the minimalistic and abstract quality of the artwork. The viewer can connect with familiar objects like folded paper or a cloud in the sky, highlighting simplicity and imagination.

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Artwork overview

Medium

graphite on wove paper
Credit Line

Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection
Dimensions

overall: 27.9 x 21.4 cm (11 x 8 7/16 in.)
Accession Number

2004.98.45

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dorothy and Herbert Vogel, New York; gift 2004 to NGA.

Associated Names

Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Vogel

Exhibition History

2005

"The Art of Richard Tuttle", San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Des Moines Art Center; Dallas Museum of Art; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 2005-2007.

Inscriptions

across lower edge of verso in graphite: FRENCH HOTEL DRAWING 1973 Richard Tuttle 363W

Wikidata ID

Q64628688

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