Flower
1969
Medium
colour lithograph
Measurements
59.0 × 76.1 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of Henry and Dinah Krongold, Founder Benefactors, 1984
© Estate of Walasse Ting
Gallery location
Contemporary Art gallery
Level 3, NGV International
About this work
When Chinese-born artist Walasse Ting arrived in New York in 1958, Abstract Expressionism dominated the American art scene. Though inspired by the hugely influential movement, Ting’s art was stylistically unique, merging gestural mark-making with traditional Chinese painting conventions – especially the practice of ‘leaving blank’. This lithograph reflects these dual influences, with areas of the support left bare to heighten the impact of vibrant bursts of colour. Flowers would later become a central motif for Ting, who once declared: ‘Paintings are my honey, colours are my flowers, velocity is what’s required of a thief – he must paint as speedily as he draws a gun.’
Artwork Details
Edition
printer's proof
Printing/Publishing
published by Hollanders Workshop, New York
Inscription
inscribed in pencil u.l.: printers proof / Walasse
chopmark l.r.: HOLLANDERS WORKSHOP, INCORPORATED (in an oval) / (cockeral) / IH (in a square)
Accession Number
P174-1984
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Abstract Art Botanical
Subjects (specific)
blue (colour) flower (motif) green (colour) primary colours purple (colour) red (colour) shape (form attribute) splatter