Basket, Table, Door, Window, Mirror, Rug #7 [recto]
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pen and black ink over graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 20.6 × 26.9 cm (8 1/8 × 10 9/16 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
1991.241.25.a
Art Historical Context
Richard Artschwager's *Basket, Table, Door Window, Mirror, Rug7 [recto]* (1974) is a captivating ink drawing that exemplifies the artist's playful yet probing exploration of everyday objects. Created with pen and black ink over on wove paper, intimate 8⅛ × 10⁹⁄₁₆-inch sheet lists and renders domestic items in Artschwager's signature "blip" style—, graphic patterns of vertical stripes that flatten three-dimensional forms into stylized, almost cartoonish icons. Born in 1925, Artschwager bridged Pop Art and Conceptualism, often transforming furniture and household motifs into art that questions p...
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...