Pink sheet with overall blue abstract pattern
19th century
Medium
Relief print (wood or metal)
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 1/16 × 6 5/16 in. (23 × 16 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1939
Accession Number
39.13.6
Art Historical Context
This delicate 19th-century relief print, titled *Pink sheet with overall blue abstract pattern*, showcases an anonymous artist's mastery of repetitive design. Measuring just 9 1/16 × 6 5/16 inches, the small sheet features a vibrant pink ground overlaid with an all-over blue abstract motif, evoking the intricate patterns popular in textiles and wallpapers of the era. Acquired through the Harris Brisbane Dick Fund in 1939, it resides in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, highlighting its place among historic printmaking treasures. Crafted via relief printing—likel...
About the Artist
Anonymous
In the vast tapestry of art history, "Anonymous" stands not as a singular individual but as a collective designation for countless unidentified creators whose works have endured across millennia. These artists, spanning prehistoric cave painters to medieval illuminators and folk craftsmen, produced the foundational layers of human visual culture. Prior to the Renaissance, when individual fame emer...