State of the Art

Richard Francisco

1985

  • Titles State of the Art (Proper)
  • Artist Richard Francisco, American, born 1942
  • Medium colored pens, crayons, red ballpoint pen on paper
  • Dimensions 8 3/8 x 11 15/16 in. (21.3 x 30.3 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Birmingham Museum of Art, THE DOROTHY AND HERBERT VOGEL COLLECTION: FIFTY WORKS FOR FIFTY STATES, a joint initiative of the Trustees of the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection and the National Gallery of Art, with generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2008.48, image © Richard Francisco
  • Work Type drawing
  • Classification Drawings

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New York 24, 1988, Aaron Siskind, gelatin silver print