Basket, Table, Door, Window, Mirror, Rug #41 [recto]
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pen and black ink over graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 22.6 × 32.3 cm (8 7/8 × 12 11/16 in.) 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
1991.241.24.a
Art Historical Context
Richard Artschwager's *Basket, Table, Door Window, Mirror, Rug41 [recto]* (1974) is a captivating drawing that inventories everyday domestic objects in a deceptively simple lineup. Created with pen and black ink over on wove paper, about 22.6 × 32.3 cm, it showcases the artist's precise underdrawing refined into bold, graphic lines. Housed in the National Gallery of Art as part of The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection this work exemplifies Artschwager's fascination with the mundane, transforming familiar forms into enigmatic icons. A key figure in 1960s and 1970s New York art scenes—bridgi...
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...