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Act II: The Voyage: The Ideas embarked upon a Journey

1980

Arthur Tress

Associated Names

Arthur Tress

Artist, American, born 1940

The image features a circular board game on a stage backdrop reminiscent of an opera house. The board has white and black figurines placed on various spaces with colorful illustrations in soft pastel shades of blue, pink, cream, and light brown, accented with red and green. White figurines are in the center, with black ones on the outer rings. The backdrop includes curtain illustrations and architectural details, and there are white figurines to the bottom left and binocular-like objects on the right edge of the board.

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Artwork overview

Medium

silver dye bleach print
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Dr. and Mrs. John V. Knaus)
Dimensions

image: 26.5 × 26.5 cm (10 7/16 × 10 7/16 in.)
sheet: 27.94 × 33.02 cm (11 × 13 in.)
Accession Number

2015.19.4697

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John V. and Laura M. Knaus, Northfield, IL; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2001; acquired by NGA, 2015.

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Exhibition History

1994

Fantastic Voyage: The Photographs of Arthur Tress, United States Information Agency, Washington, DC, traveling exhibition developed and funded by the Arts America Program, 1994-1997. Venues in India, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Mongolia, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada.

2001

Arthur Tress: Fantastic Voyage, 1956–2000, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, July 7–September 23, 2001

Bibliography

1994

Fantastic Voyage: The Photographs of Arthur Tress. Exh. cat. United States Information Agency, Washington, DC, 1994: 75, no. 54.

2001

Lorenz, Richard. Arthur Tress: Fantastic Voyage: Photographs 1956–2000. Boston, 2001: 156, no. 95.

Wikidata ID

Q64145004

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