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Richard Francisco

Place, 1974-1975

Description

Maker

Title

Place

Year

1974-1975

Medium

Watercolor, balsa wood, thread, nails, and glue on wove paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Supports

Dimensions

20.5 x 35.9 x .6 cm (8 1/16 x 14 1/8 x 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed and dated in blue pencil in the lower right: R Francisco 74. Verso: "Place" 1975 8" x 14" 3/16"

Type

Credit

The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States, a joint initiative of the Trustees of the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection and the National Gallery of Art, with generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Institute for Museum and Library Services

Object Number

2009.59.6

Projects & Publications

Publications

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection

July 20 - December 2, 2012

Despite the inclusion of sturdy perpendicular planes of wood in Place, the delicate washes of warm watercolor, the softened pyramidal form, and the thin black thread that drapes loosely through the construction project a sense of fragility.

Use

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