Sun and other ideas such as portrait boxes, rainbow slab (rolled-out 360° rainbow), plant slab, and walking root tree.

© Robert Watts Estate, NYC

Sun and other ideas such as portrait boxes, rainbow slab (rolled-out 360° rainbow), plant slab, and walking root tree.

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Sun and other ideas such as portrait boxes, rainbow slab (rolled-out 360° rainbow), plant slab, and walking root tree.,

1965

Robert Watts, 1923–1988, born Burlington, IN; died Martins Creek, PA; active New York, NY and New Brunswick, NJ
Published by Edizioni Francesco Conz
2012-114.10

Information

Title
Sun and other ideas such as portrait boxes, rainbow slab (rolled-out 360° rainbow), plant slab, and walking root tree.
Dates

1965

Maker
Robert Watts
Published by Edizioni Francesco Conz
Medium
Silkscreened and hand-colored print
Dimensions
image: 27.5 x 22 cm (10 13/16 x 8 11/16 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
2012-114.10
Signatures
Signed and dated below image, lower right: R. Watts '65 (80)
Inscription
Numbered below image, lower left: XII/XXX; Inscribed, upper left: REF 10; Inscribed with compositional notes throughout;
Culture
American
Type
prints, screen prints
Techniques
hand coloring, screen printing
Subject
trees, designs, disks, notes, sketches, boxes (containers)

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

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