Art, literature & historyAgainst Shadows
1969
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- red chalk, graphite, acrylic paint, and collage on wove paper
- Dimensions
- image: 42.23 × 34.29 cm (16 5/8 × 13 1/2 in.) sheet: 43.18 × 35.56 cm (17 × 14 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2015.19.2490
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Against Shadows — Juan Downey. 1969.
Medium: red chalk, graphite, acrylic paint, and collage on wove paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): image: 42.23 × 34.29 cm (16 5/8 × 13 1/2 in.) sheet: 43.18 × 35.56 cm (17 × 14 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2015.19.2490. Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Barrett M. Linde, 1969).
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.