Catalogue entry
Josef Herman 1911-2000
fromStudies for ‘The Pit Pony’
Seven Separate Sketches c.1953-5
T03198
Pencil and ink on cream wove paper 227 x 176 (8 7/8 x 6 7/8)
Inscribed on back in pencil ‘582’ bottom right
Presented by the artist 1981
Exhibited:
Josef Herman: Retrospective Exhibition, Camden Arts Centre, London, January-March 1980 (85a as ‘The Pit Pony Preliminary drawings ... Sheet of seven studies for the composition’)
Literature:
Tate Gallery Acquisitions 1980-2, London 1984, pp.126-8, reproduced p.127
The peculiar scheme of Seven Separate Sketches was worked out at least by the time of the application of the ink and perhaps before, as a dividing grid in pencil is easily discernible. This somewhat unexpected arrangement, especially when taken in conjunction with Herman’s realism and the distinct differences between each of the images, lends the whole sheet a narrative quality akin to a cartoon. Presumably this effect was unintentional… (read more)
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