A Roman Interior

Artist Betty Woodman (American, 1930 - 2018)

Printer Bud Shark (American, born 1946)

Date1995

MediumColor woodcut with collage on cream Thai Mulberry paper

DimensionsImage and sheet: 36 13/16 × 26 15/16 inches (93.5 × 68.5 cm)
Framed: 43 1/4 × 33 1/2 × 1 3/8 inches (109.86 × 85.09 × 3.49 cm)

Credit LineGift of American Century Services, LLC

Object number2019.57.15

SignedIn graphite at LR corner of image, "Betty Woodman '95".

InscribedIn graphite in LL corner of image, "A Roman Interior" and in LC of image, "29/30".

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DescriptionThis vertically oriented color print features a cup arranged with other shapes as though on a platter on the corner of a tabletop in the lower left corner of the image. This arrangement is in the foreground and colored in a combination of red, lime green, teal, gray and black. The table and arrangement seem to float over a space with two walls reminiscent of some Roman villa frescoed walls. The walls have gray borders around golden yellow rectangular areas. Within those areas are smaller images in red and gray on white backgrounds.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Provenance

With Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO;

Purchased from them by American Century Services, LLC, Kansas City, MO, possibly in 2001 [1];

Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, December 31, 2019.

NOTES

[1] Some reports provided from American Century's collection database include accession numbers that seem to reflect the accession year, but the staff was unable to confirm if they do indeed represent the accession date.

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