Richard Artschwager: Question Mark
This signed, limited-edition lithograph by Richard Artschwager depicts a question mark rendered as a physical object. Floating on a plain white ground, the glyph’s fibrous, grassy texture suggests artificial turf, while its isolation leaves the viewer to ask what the implied question—about the structure of language, perhaps, or the purpose of art—might be. Combining the emphases and techniques of Conceptual art, Pop art, and Minimalism with a surreal sense of humor, Question Mark is consistent with Artschwager’s extensive use of synthetic materials as tools for the exploration of meaning.
Artist: Richard Artschwager
Date: 2001
Medium: Lithograph on paper
Dimensions: 19 1/2 × 16 1/2 inches (49.5 × 41.9 cm)
Edition: AP 14/15 + edition of 175
Signed: Signed, numbered, and dated on recto
Publisher: Serpentine
Framed: Sold unframed
