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Richard Tuttle
Purple2001

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Abstract screenprint or lithograph, five soft-edged pale celery-green geometric shapes on white paper, edition 13/15
Aquatint print with two vertical rectangles positioned right of center on white paper: a pale blue-gray translucent bar beside a saturated teal rectangle with soft, granular texture.
Print on white paper featuring an abstract arrangement of soft green squares and rectangles clustered in a low mound shape, with negative white spaces between forms; pencil inscription and signature along bottom edge.
Print on white deckle-edged paper featuring a single turquoise-green rectangle, diagonally oriented at roughly 45 degrees, centered slightly above middle, with soft translucent edges and subtle color gradation.
Print on white deckle-edged paper featuring a small centered rectangle divided horizontally: solid pale aqua upper half above a denser teal lower half with speckled white texture throughout.
Print on white deckle-edged paper featuring a single pale green triangle positioned in the upper right quadrant, with softly diffused edges and very low color saturation against the near-white ground.
Screenprint with a small pale yellow semicircle centered in the lower half of a large white sheet, with soft color gradation and wide margins; pencil inscription and signature visible below.
Artist or Maker
Richard Tuttle
Title
Purple
Date Made
2001
Medium
Color aquatints
Dimensions
Portfolio box: 21 3/8 × 20 5/8 × 3/4 in. (54.29 × 52.39 × 1.91 cm) Sheet (each): 20 7/8 × 19 7/8 in. (53.02 × 50.48 cm) Image (each): 11 7/8 × 13 7/8 in. (30.16 × 35.24 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the 2007 Drawings Group
Accession Number
M.2007.70.1-.7
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings