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Fingerprint Drawing

1969

Joel Shapiro

Artist, American, born 1941

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Artwork overview

Medium

black ink applied with fingertips on wove paper
Credit Line

The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, Patrons' Permanent Fund and Gift of Dorothy and Herbert Vogel
Dimensions

overall: 17.1 x 21.7 cm (6 3/4 x 8 9/16 in.)
Accession

1991.241.130

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Paula Cooper Gallery, NY); Dorothy and Herbert Vogel, New York, NY; purchase/gift to NGA, 1991.

Associated Names

Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Vogel

Exhibition History

1999

Afterimage: Drawing Through Process. Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, 1999, cat. pg. 10

Bibliography

1999

Afterimage: Drawing Through Process. Exh. cat. The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 1999: 145.

Inscriptions

center verso in graphite: Joel Shapiro / 1969 / Katonah

Wikidata ID

Q64581854

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