Untitled
c. 1969
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felt-tip pen on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 21.4 x 27.8 cm (8 7/16 x 10 15/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of The George R. Bunker Living Trust
Accession Number
1995.58.34
Art Historical Context
George Bunker's *Untitled* drawing, created around 1969, captures a moment of personal expression from the late 1960s, a vibrant era of cultural upheaval and artistic experimentation. Donated to the National Gallery of Art through George R. Bunker Living, this modest yet intimate work exemplifies the accessibility of drawing as a medium for everyday creativity amid the rise of conceptual and minimalist art movements. Executed in felt-tip pen on w paper—a smooth, versatile surface ideal for precise lines and bold colors—the piece highlights the felt-tip's revolutionary qualities. Popularized i...
About the Artist
George Bunker
George Raymond Bunker (1923–1991) was an American painter and educator whose deeply felt engagement with landscape placed him in a tradition stretching from Cézanne's Provençal motifs to the meditative abstraction of mid-twentieth-century American art. Born in 1923, Bunker built a distinguished career as both an artist and an institution builder, holding high academic positions at two important ar...