Flowered Mat for the Joy of Ornament

1982

Robert Kushner

Associated Names
Robert Kushner

Artist, American, born 1949

Peter Pettengill

Printer, American

Crown Point Press

Publisher

The image consists of several large floral illustrations surrounding three rectangular beige spaces. The dominant colors in the design are shades of red, pink, green, and beige. In the image, pink flowers with green leaves are positioned at the top left and lower right corners, red flowers scattered along the top and right side, and two red, bottlebrush-like blooms with green stems located towards the left side and bottom center.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    aquatint, drypoint, and softground etching on Somerset Satin mounted on mat board

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Kathan Brown

  • Dimensions

    mat: 47.2 x 78.4 cm (18 9/16 x 30 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1997.8.124.22

Associated Artworks

The Joy of Ornament

Robert Kushner, Crown Point Press

1980

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Acquired by NGA in 1997 directly from Kathan Brown.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1997

  • Thirty-five Years at Crown Point Press, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997, no. 98*.

Bibliography

1997

  • Thirty-five Years at Crown Point Press. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington; The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1997-1998: no. 98*.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Robert Kushner

Wikidata ID

Q75404582

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