Cobweb
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View on museum website →Medium
graphite, gouache, and acrylic on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 32.4 x 25.2 cm (12 3/4 x 9 15/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Werner H. and Sarah-Ann Kramarsky
Accession Number
1998.11.12
Art Historical Context
**Cobweb** by Julian Lethbridge, created in 1990, visitors into the delicate world of late-20th-century drawing. This intimate work measures just 32.4 x 25.2 cm, crafted on smooth wove paper—a favored support for precise, layered mark-making since the 18th century. Lethbridge employs a rich mix of graphite for fine lines, opaque gouache for bold color blocks, and acrylic for durable vibrancy, blending drawing and painting traditions in a single sheet. The title *Cobweb* evokes the artwork's likely intricate, web-like structures, suggesting themes of fragility and interconnection common in con...