Jivaroland Frog Cup

Ken Price

Print

National Gallery of Art

Ken Price’s bold, playfully surreal image places a bright green frog at the center of a tangle of sweeping white forms and saturated color, turning a simple subject into something vividly graphic and slightly dreamlike. Known for his adventurous, West Coast sensibility and his interest in organic, rounded forms, Price brings the same sense of sculptural wit to printmaking here, using crisp edges and luminous color to make the composition feel almost three-dimensional. It’s a lively, contemporary image that would add a striking pop of color and a hint of whimsy to a modern interior.