Study for the Surrogate
- Date
- 2002
- Material
- Watercolor with graphite
- probably made in
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Drawings & watercolors
- Collection
- Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- sheet: 16 3/16 × 19 7/8 in. (41.1 × 50.5 cm)
framed: 20 1/8 × 24 1/8 × 2 in. (51.1 × 61.3 × 5.1 cm) - Credit Line
- The Thelma and Bert Ollie Memorial Collection, Gift of Ronald and Monique Ollie
- Rights
- © June Kelly Gallery / James Little
- Object Number
- 168:2017
NOTES
Atmospheric areas of color shift from a deep shade of black to bright orange, divided by sharp diagonal lines. When working with watercolor, which provides a brilliant luminosity, James Little will often score the surface with a sharp tool to trap color. As a result, there is a satisfying play between precise geometry of straight lines and the free-form washes achieved with watercolor. Little describes his method as “painting ideas” about color and matter, and his drawings, like this one, are a critical step in this process.
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