Untitled X (Constable)

Date1999

Maker Andreas Gursky German, born 1955

Label TextGerman artist Andreas Gursky calls attention to the connection between mark-making and unique artistic identity in the modern period generally, and in the work of Abstract Expressionist painters, particularly. Gursky magnifies abstract qualities discovered in a close-up patch of the surface of a landscape painting by the nineteenth century British artist, John Constable.

Object number2000.45

Photo CreditPhoto: Susan Cole

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Anne Gerber Biennial: 2000 1/2: going forward looking back", May 8, 2000 - August 4, 2000 Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "International Abstraction: Making Painting Real", May 2, 2003 - February 29, 2004, (5/2/2003-2/29/2004)

Credit LineGift of Lyn and Jerry Grinstein and the 1999 Maryatt Gala Fund

Dimensions111 3/4 x 81 1/2 in.

MediumChromogenic print