James Nares

When The Language Was Young

2010

Bright red paint petals scattered across a white background in loose, brushlike shapes.
Bright red paint petals scattered across a white background in loose, brushlike shapes.

James Nares, When The Language Was Young, 2010. Lithograph on plastic, sheet: 30 × 22 in. (76.2 × 55.9 cm) Image: 30 × 22 in. (76.2 × 55.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Director's Discretionary Fund 2012.155.3. © James Nares

Recto

Not on view

Date
2010

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph on plastic

Dimensions
Sheet: 30 × 22 in. (76.2 × 55.9 cm) Image: 30 × 22 in. (76.2 × 55.9 cm)

Accession number
2012.155.3

Edition
1/50

Publication
Published by Exit Art

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Director's Discretionary Fund

Rights and reproductions
© James Nares

API
artworks/42049

Part of a series:
Ecstasy: Exit Art Portfolio 2010
7 works

Person lying in bed smiling as flames surround the mattress, titled "Burning Desire."
Three childlike figures gaze upward at swirling blue sea creatures and a floating net.
A blue ribbon connects the eye of a swirling hurricane to the bright core of a spiral galaxy.
Large white geometric circular wireframe dominates blue background with two smaller abstract blue sketches below.
Colorful collage showing a woman with a guitar, rockets, and a pointed-eared man beside the word "PLAY."
Black-and-white abstract collage with swirling ink strokes, clouds, and patterned paper fragments.
Bright red paint petals scattered across a white background in loose, brushlike shapes.


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