Basket, Table, Door, Window, Mirror, Rug #43
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pen and black ink over graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 19.8 x 29.5 cm (7 13/16 x 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
1991.241.28
Art Historical Context
Richard Artschwager's *Basket, Table, Door Window, Mirror, Rug43* (1975) is a captivating ink drawing that exemplifies the artist's distinctive approach to everyday objects. Created with pen and black ink over graphite wove paper, measuring a modest 19.8 x 29.5 cm, it belongs to his ongoing series from the 1960s and 1970s. Artschwager, a key figure in New York's post-Pop Art scene, transformed mundane domestic items—baskets, tables, doors, windows,, and rugs—into stylized, almost diagrammatic forms. His bold outlines and flat, shadowy rendering challenge perceptions of reality, blurring the li...
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...