Basket, Table, Door, Window, Mirror, Rug #29
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brush 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
1991.241.26
Art Historical Context
Richard Artschwager's *Basket, Table, Door Window, Mirror, Rug29* (1974) is a precise drawing from a renowned series that flattens everyday household objects into stark schematic forms. Created with brush and black ink graphite on wove paper19.9 × 29.5 cm), it exemplifies the artist's signature style—crisp outlines and minimal shading that evoke both furniture catalogs and abstract diagrams. Artschwager, a key figure bridging Pop Art, Minimalism, andism in 1970s New York, used such motifs to probe perception, representation, and the banality of domestic life. This work's historical significan...
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...