Untitled
Robert Barry, Untitled, 1981, acrylic and graphite on paper, 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, © unknown, research required, 2009.64.1
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- Title
Untitled
- Artist
- Date
1981
- Medium
acrylic and graphite on paper
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image/sheet: 11 1/2 in x 11 7/16 in
- Collection Area
Modern and Contemporary Art
- Category
Paintings
- Object Type
painting
- Culture
American
- Credit Line
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
- Accession Number
2009.64.1
- Copyright
© unknown, research required
- Terms
Robert Barry is widely considered to be one of the founders of the conceptual art movement. Since the 1960s he has explored the evocative nature of words, and language remains a central theme in his visual art compositions. In the two paintings on paper here, words float under the colorful surfaces paired mysteriously with the forms of trees and roots. Quietly legible, they form a loose poem that shifts and circulates depending on the order one reads them.
To learn more about the Vogels and the Fifty Works for Fifty States gift, visit the project website: http://vogel5050.org.
- Exhibitions
2010 50/50: The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection Fifty Works for Fifty States Portland Art Museum