Untitled
- Date
- 1984
- Material
- Charcoal
- Classification
- Drawings & watercolors
- Collection
- Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 43 x 30 3/4 in. (109.2 x 78.1 cm)
- Credit Line
- Eliza McMillan Trust
- Rights
- © Joel Shapiro / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, NY
- Object Number
- 33:1985
NOTES
Joel Shapiro uses compressed charcoal to situate sooty black lines next to ghostly erasures and subtle smoky areas created by the residual charcoal dust. The variety and expressiveness of his marks reveal a form that is not static and absolute, like the hard edges of Shapiro's geometric sculpture, but one that is mutable and indeterminate. The forceful lines of the triangular composition are further softened by the additions of fingerprints and smudges on the paper through which the presence and actions of the artist are revealed.
Provenance
- 1985
Paula Cooper, Inc., New York, NY, USA, representing Joel Shapiro
1985 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Paula Cooper, Inc.[1]
Notes:
[1] Invoice dated February 1, 1985 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of a Meeting of the Acquisitions and Loans Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, May 23, 1985.
Paula Cooper, Inc., New York, NY, USA, representing Joel Shapiro
1985 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Paula Cooper, Inc.[1]
Notes:
[1] Invoice dated February 1, 1985 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of a Meeting of the Acquisitions and Loans Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, May 23, 1985.
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