1962-0067-0-PA

Accession number

1962-0067-0-PA

Title

Untitled

Description

An abstract composition dominated by a rectangular field composed of small, looping motifs, brief, idiosyncratic pen strokes, and spontaneous, gestural scribbles arranged in areas of varying density. To the right are smaller clusters formed by similar strokes and rows of neatly arranged, tiny, broken pen marks.

Categories

Abstract

Black and white

Inscriptions

Signed and dated "1962". "0782" and "O".

Year

1962

Date

Unknown

Dimensions

26.6 x 38.6

Dimensions with frame

N/A

Condition

Foxing. Slight creases at the top left, bottom left, and bottom right corners. Tiny brown spots along the right edge. Possibly insect droppings. White marks, tape, and paper triangles stuck to the reverse. Brown stains on the reverse due to the medium used seeping through the paper.

Medium

Fountain pen on paper

Current location

Collection of The Tang Chang Private Museum

Bibliography of printed matter

Orianna Cacchione, “Tang Chang: Abstracting the Line, Retrieving the Image,” in Tang Chang: The Painting that is Painted with Poetry is Profoundly Beautiful, (Chicago: Smart Museum of Art, the University of Chicago, 2018), 9.

All known reproductions.

Orianna Cacchione, “Tang Chang: Abstracting the Line, Retrieving the Image,” in Tang Chang: The Painting that is Painted with Poetry is Profoundly Beautiful, (Chicago: Smart Museum of Art, the University of Chicago, 2018), 9.

Exhibition history.

Tang Chang: The Painting that is Painted with Poetry is Profoundly Beautiful. Smart Museum of Art, the University of Chicago, Chicago, USA. May 8–August 5, 2018.