- Artist
- Philip Guston 1913–1980
- Medium
- Ink on paper
- Dimensions
- Support: 456 × 610 mm
frame: 488 × 647 × 26 mm - Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Purchased 1991
- Reference
- T06480
Display caption
Made using a quill pen and ink, this drawing can be seen as an investigation into the possibilities
of abstract mark-making and the structural relationships of line and space. 'At times the forms are seen bunched together, closely affecting each other,' Guston wrote. 'They can cause each other to shrink, enlarge, absorb, repel, or seem to swallow one another. In intimate contact, they determine the shape of their existence, a mutual feeding is going on, before they move apart.'
Gallery label, August 2004
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