Robert Heinecken

P is For Potatoe Chips
1971

A black and white abstract photogram with organic shapes and subtle gradations of gray against a dark background. The shapes suggest a fluid, almost liquid form with highlights that give a sense of depth and dimension.

A black and white abstract photogram with organic shapes and subtle gradations of gray against a dark background. The shapes suggest a fluid, almost liquid form with highlights that give a sense of depth and dimension.

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Date
1971

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print with chalk

Dimensions
Sheet: 4 15/16 × 7 7/8in. (12.5 × 20 cm) Image: 4 1/4 × 7 5/16in. (10.8 × 18.6 cm)

Accession number
92.96

Edition
2/2

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Lilyan S. and Toby Miller

Rights and reproductions
© Robert Heinecken, Courtesy Pace/MacGill, New York
© The Robert Heinecken Trust

API
artworks/8131

Exhibitions

Visions from America: Photographs from the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1940–2001

June 26–Sept 22, 2002

Robert Heinecken
41 works in the collection

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