Untitled #5
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watercolor over graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 35.56 × 25.4 cm (14 × 10 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Bob Stana and Tom Judy
Accession Number
2019.109.68
Art Historical Context
**Untitled #5** by Roberthouse, created in 1, invites visitors into the intimate world of works on paper at the National Gallery of Art Measuring a modest 14 × 10 inches on smooth wove paper, this combines graphite underdrawing with layered watercolor—a technique prized for its precision and luminosity. The graphite provides a subtle structural foundation, while the watercolor adds translucent depth, allowing light to play across the surface in a way that evokes process and immediacy. Stackhouse, an American artist emerging in the vibrant New York art scene of the late 1960s and 1970s, was kn...
About the Artist
Robert Stackhouse
Robert Stackhouse, born in 1942 in Bronxville, New York, moved to Polk County, Florida, in 1954 to live with his grandparents at Lundy’s Fish Camp in Auburndale. There, he graduated from Auburndale High School in 1960 and immersed himself in the rhythms of Lake Juliana, rowing, fishing, and observing snakes, alligators, and water moccasins—experiences that profoundly shaped his imagery of "Swimmer...