Not on display
- Artist
- Leon Kossoff 1926 – 2019
- Medium
- Crayon, charcoal and gouache on paper
- Dimensions
- Unconfirmed: 1120 × 1335 mm
Frame: 1287 × 1500 × 55mm - Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Purchased 1996
- Reference
- T07199
Display caption
Like his close friend Frank Auerbach Kossoff was fascinated by building sites during the 1950s. These abounded in London as its bomb-damaged fabric was rebuilt after the war. Perhaps they stood for the transient and ever-changing nature of the modern city. They were also places where the earth beneath the city was revealed.
This drawing, like Auerbach’s painting on the same theme, shows how they also offered a ready-made linear structure for the artist’s picture.
Gallery label, September 2004
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