Catalogue entry
T04928 Untitled 1986
Pencil, black watercolour and white chalk on machine-made Arches paper 1213 × 804 (47 3/4 × 31 11/16); watermark ‘ARCHES FRANCE’
Inscribed ‘T W’ t.l., ‘1986’ on back b.l. and ‘Top’ on back
Purchased from Sonnabend Gallery, New York (Grant-in-Aid) 1987
Exh: Monumental Drawing: Works by 22 Contemporary Artists, Brooklyn Museum, New York, Sept.–Nov. 1986 (no number); Currents 33: Terry Winters, St Louis Art Museum, Feb.–March 1987 (5)
The principal motif of this drawing consists of a spiral shape divided into many segments. It is painted in solutions of graphite, made up in various concentrations. At the bottom left are freely drawn pencil lines over which the artist has applied white chalk. A number of circular marks have been left by the base of a wet bottle. There are also a number of random marks and smudges. The drawing was executed in the artist's New York studio… (read more)
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