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Artists›John E. Dowell, Jr.

John E. Dowell, Jr.

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Artworks (23)

Chicago Duet

2004 · Color photo-lithograph on white wove paper

Image: 43.3 × 51.1 cm (17 1/16 × 20 1/8 in.); Sheet: 57.2 × 56 cm (22 9/16 × 22 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Together or Alone III

1981 · Watercolor and pen and black ink on ivory wove paper

76.2 × 57 cm (30 × 22 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Two Modes with a Split

1980 · Pen and black ink and watercolor on paper

30 1/8 × 22 5/16 in. (76.5 × 56.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Sequence to Tomorrow

1979 · Black ink and watercolor on paper

30 in. × 22 1/4 in. (76.2 × 56.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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String Quartet with Sax

1979 · Pen and black ink and watercolor on paper

30 1/8 × 22 5/16 in. (76.5 × 56.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Voice Quartet for Michele

1978 · Pen and black ink on paper

30 1/8 × 22 1/8 in. (76.5 × 56.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Soixante Rue de Seine

1978 · Black ink and watercolor on paper

29 15/16 × 22 3/8 in. (76 × 56.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Blues Poem, from Visual Poems

1971 · Pen and ink on ivory wove paper

Sheet: 50.8 × 38 cm (20 × 15 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Sky is Cryin', from Visual Poems

1971 · Color lithograph on ivory wove paper

Sheet: 50.7 × 38.2 cm (20 × 15 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Colphon, from Visual Poems

1971 · Lithograph on paper

50.8 × 38.2 cm (20 × 15 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Just Heard Bessie, from Visual Poems

1971 · Color lithograph on ivory wove paper

Sheet: 50.7 × 38.3 cm (20 × 15 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Drowning on Dry Land, from Visual Poems

1971 · Color lithograph on ivory wove paper

Sheet: 50.6 × 38.1 cm (19 15/16 × 15 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Coltrane Sonnet, from Visual Poems

1971 · Color lithograph on ivory wove paper

Sheet: 50.8 × 38.2 cm (20 × 15 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Gregorio, from Visual Poems

1971 · Color lithograph on ivory wove paper

Sheet: 50.7 × 38.1 cm (20 × 15 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Love Vibrations, from Visual Poems

1971 · Color lithograph on ivory wove paper

Sheet: 50.8 × 38.2 cm (20 × 15 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ponte, from Visual Poems

1971 · Color lithograph on ivory wove paper

Sheet: 50.8 × 38.2 cm (20 × 15 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Um, Um,... Um!, from Visual Poems

1971 · Color lithograph on ivory wove paper

Sheet: 50.7 × 38.3 cm (20 × 15 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Title Page, from Visual Poems

1971 · Lithograph on ivory wove paper

50.5 × 38.3 cm (19 15/16 × 15 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Hat and Beard

1967 · Intaglio on paper

Plate: 45.3 × 37.7 cm (17 7/8 × 14 7/8 in.); Sheet: 68 × 47.3 cm (26 13/16 × 18 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Icarus

1963 · Lithograph on ivory wove paper

Sheet, view: 52.2 × 47 cm (20 9/16 × 18 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Flight IV

1963 · Lithograph on ivory wove paper

Sheet, view: 63.2 × 45.8 cm (24 15/16 × 18 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The White Wheel of WTH

1961 · Etching and aquatint on white wove paper

Image/plate: 45 × 60.2 cm (17 3/4 × 23 3/4 in.); Sheet: 55.5 × 70.2 cm (21 7/8 × 27 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

It is Time

1961 · Color lithograph on white wove paper

76.3 × 56.5 cm (30 1/16 × 22 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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23 published of 23 catalogued · 18 with image

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Art Institute of Chicago

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