Prints and Drawings Room
View by appointment- Artist
- William Gear 1915–1997
- Medium
- Lithograph on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 500 × 377 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Purchased 1988
- Reference
- P77260
Display caption
The British artist William Gear was introduced to the CoBrA group through the artist Stephen Gilbert whose work is shown nearby. He often assigned titles to his works in retrospect, viewing them as useful tools that ‘can sometimes set the tone of a work of art or give a lead to the spectator’. Here, thick intersecting lines seem to grow across the sheet, suggesting organic forms.
Gallery label, July 2005
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