Basket, Table, Door, Window, Mirror, Rug #21
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pen and black ink over graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 19.9 × 29.5 cm (7 13/16 × 11 5/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, Patrons' Permanent Fund and Gift of Dorothy and Herbert Vogel
Accession Number
1991.241.21
Art Historical Context
Richard Artschwager's *Basket, Table, Door Window, Mirror, Rug #21* (1974) is a captivating drawing that exemplifies the artist's signature fascination with everyday domestic objects. Rendered in pen and black ink over graphite on wove paper (19.9 × 29.5 cm), it flattens motifs like baskets, tables,, windows, mirrors, rugs into a stark, diagrammatic composition. Artschwager, a key figure in 1970s New York, blurred lines between painting, sculpture, and representation, often transforming mundane items into uncanny, stylized forms that challenge perception. This work belongs to a numbered serie...
About the Artist
Richard Artschwager
Richard Artschwager (1923–2013) was a singular American artist whose sculptures, paintings, and installations blurred the lines between everyday objects and high art, evoking associations with Pop Art, Minimalism, and Conceptualism. Born in Washington, D.C., to a Prussian botanist father and a Ukrainian-Jewish mother who instilled in him a love of art through her own studies at the Corcoran School...