Thoughts for an environment: (a) Tables with food objects (as laminations), with small trees at corners of table; neon arches. (b) A tree, as branches, probably to be in chrome plate.

© Robert Watts Estate, NYC

Thoughts for an environment: (a) Tables with food objects (as laminations), with small trees at corners of table; neon arches. (b) A tree, as branches, probably to be in chrome plate.

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Thoughts for an environment: (a) Tables with food objects (as laminations), with small trees at corners of table; neon arches. (b) A tree, as branches, probably to be in chrome plate.,

1964, printed 1979

Robert Watts, 1923–1988, born Burlington, IN; died Martins Creek, PA; active New York, NY and New Brunswick, NJ
Published by Edizioni Francesco Conz
2012-114.1

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Title
Thoughts for an environment: (a) Tables with food objects (as laminations), with small trees at corners of table; neon arches. (b) A tree, as branches, probably to be in chrome plate.
Dates

1964, printed 1979

Maker
Robert Watts
Published by Edizioni Francesco Conz
Medium
Silkscreened and hand-colored print
Dimensions
image: 22 x 27.5 cm (8 11/16 x 10 13/16 in.) sheet: 49.8 x 34.9 cm (19 5/8 x 13 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Robert Watts Estate
Object Number
2012-114.1
Signatures
Signed and dated below image, lower right: Watts 1964 (80)
Inscription
Numbered below image, lower left: XII/XXX
Culture
American
Type
prints, screen prints
Techniques
hand coloring, screen printing
Subject
trees, notes, arches, neon, sketches, tables (support furniture)

Robert Watts Estate, New Paltz, New York, gift; to Princeton University Art Museum, 2012.

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