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Real Estate #90894

1990

Henry Wessel

Associated Names

Henry Wessel

Artist, American, 1942 - 2018

The image displays a small wooden house painted light pink with a gabled roof against a clear blue sky. A wire fence with greenery runs across the bottom, along with blooming flowers and a partially open gate. The house has a front door, window with shutters, and a bush with climbing plants beside it. An evergreen tree is on the left, and power lines are visible above. The color palette is mainly pastel pink, green, and blue.

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Artwork overview

Medium

chromogenic print
Credit Line

Gift of David Knaus, in Honor of the 25th Anniversary of Photography at the National Gallery of Art
Dimensions

image: 15.24 × 22.86 cm (6 × 9 in.)
sheet: 20.32 × 25.4 cm (8 × 10 in.)
Accession Number

2014.159.1.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

David Knaus, Palm Springs, CA; gift to NGA (through Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica, CA), 2014.

Associated Names

Knaus, David

Exhibition History

2015

Celebrating Photography at the National Gallery of Art: Recent Gifts, Washington, DC, November 1, 2015–February 28, 2016

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in black ink: Henry Wessel; lower left: 90894; lower center: CS 3

Wikidata ID

Q64155092

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