- Artist
- Frank Auerbach born 1931
- Medium
- Graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Presented by the artist 1961
- Reference
- A01036
Catalogue entry
A01036 [from] FOUR STUDIES FOR ‘OXFORD STREET BUILDING SITE 1’ 1959 [A01034-A01037; complete]
(i) [A01034] Inscr. ‘white’ b.c. and ‘... d’ b.l., partly obliterated by a spot of brown oil paint.
Pencil on paper, 8 11/18×6 11/18 (22×17).
Brown stain b.r.
(ii) [A01035] Not inscribed.
Pencil on paper, 6 11/18×8 1/2 (17×22).
(iii) [A01036] Not inscribed.
Pencil on paper, 6 11/18×7 3/4 (17×19·5).
(iv) [A01037] Not inscribed.
Pencil on paper, 6 3/4×8 1/2 (17×22).
Four drawings, presented by the artist 1961.
Exh: Beaux Arts Gallery, April–May 1961 (not in catalogue).
Studies made on the spot for T00418. They were all drawn on the pages of a ring-bound sketch-book. Other drawings of building sites were included in the Arts Council exhibition Drawing Towards Painting 1961–2.
Published in:
Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, London 1964, I