Question Mark
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View on museum website →Medium
color photolithograph on wove paper
Dimensions
image (irregular): 36.83 × 18.42 cm (14 1/2 × 7 1/4 in.) sheet: 49.53 × 39.37 cm (19 1/2 × 15 1/2 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Anthony T. Podesta, Washington DC)
Accession Number
2015.19.3220
Art Historical Context
Richard Artschwager's *Question Mark* (2001) is a striking color photolithograph on wove paper, measuring an irregular image of 36.83 × 18.42 cm—the sinuous shape cleverly evoking its titular punctuation. Produced late in the artist's career, this print captures Artschwager's signature wit and conceptual playfulness. A pivotal figure in the 196s New York art scene, he blurred boundaries between painting, sculpture, and photography, often using synthetic materials like Formica to domestic objects while questioning representation itself. Photolithography, the medium here, allowed Artschwager to...
About the Artist
Richard Artschwager
Richard Artschwager (1923–2013) was a singular American artist whose sculptures, paintings, and installations blurred the lines between everyday objects and high art, evoking associations with Pop Art, Minimalism, and Conceptualism. Born in Washington, D.C., to a Prussian botanist father and a Ukrainian-Jewish mother who instilled in him a love of art through her own studies at the Corcoran School...