Drainage I
- Date
- 2005
- Material
- Ink on paper
- made in
- Catania, Sicily region, Italy, Europe
- Classification
- Drawings & watercolors
- Collection
- Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 27 13/16 x 19 5/8 in. (70.6 x 49.8 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich
- Rights
- © Erwin Pfrang
- Object Number
- 25:2006
NOTES
This drawing, like many of Erwin Pfrang's works, is inhabited by contorted human figures, animals, and isolated body parts. Embryos and newborns, along with other human figures, snouts, stumps, genitalia, and dislocated limbs are seized by the downward circular current of a drain. Pfrang's tendril-like lines depict tortured figures who convey a sense of disorientation and alienation. Defying the rules of gravity and logic, these fantastical forms and figures give shape to realms where dream and reality become indistinguishable.
Provenance
2005 - 2006
Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany, acquired from the artist [1]
2006 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, gift of Galerie Fred Jahn [2]
Notes:
[1] According to a fax dated May 10, 2006 from Erwin Pfrang to Museum researcher Sydney Norton, this drawing was sent directly from the artist's studio in Catania, Italy to the Galerie Fred Jahn upon its completion [SLAM document files].
[2] Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, June 3, 2006; Deed of Gift dated June 20, 2006 [SLAM document files].
Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany, acquired from the artist [1]
2006 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, gift of Galerie Fred Jahn [2]
Notes:
[1] According to a fax dated May 10, 2006 from Erwin Pfrang to Museum researcher Sydney Norton, this drawing was sent directly from the artist's studio in Catania, Italy to the Galerie Fred Jahn upon its completion [SLAM document files].
[2] Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, June 3, 2006; Deed of Gift dated June 20, 2006 [SLAM document files].
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