Joel Shapiro

Untitled (A)
2003

A piece of abstract art consisting of black textured shapes arranged in a disjointed, angular pattern on a cream-colored background. The shapes resemble torn pieces of fabric with frayed edges. There is a handwritten inscription at the bottom right corner of the artwork.
A piece of abstract art consisting of black textured shapes arranged in a disjointed, angular pattern on a cream-colored background. The shapes resemble torn pieces of fabric with frayed edges. There is a handwritten inscription at the bottom right corner of the artwork.

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Date
2003

Classification
Prints

Medium
Woodcut with chine-collé

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 19 1/8 × 26 3/8in. (48.6 × 67 cm) Image: 15 1/4 × 12in. (38.7 × 30.5 cm)

Accession number
2005.129.1

Edition
10/36

Publication
Printed and published by Pace Editions, Inc.

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Iris Z. and James Marden

Rights and reproductions
© Joel Shapiro/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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artworks/27234

Part of a series:
Untitled (A) to (E)
5 works

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