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Untitled Drawing 3/22/2011 (recto)
Untitled Drawing 3/22/2011 (recto)
Untitled Drawing 3/22/2011 (recto)

Untitled Drawing 3/22/2011 (recto)

Artist (American, born England, 1964)
Date2011
Mediumink on paper
DimensionsImage: 12 x 11 3/8 in. (30.5 x 28.9 cm)
Support: 12 x 11 3/8 in. (30.5 x 28.9 cm)
Mat: 16 1/4 × 20 1/4 in. (41.3 × 51.4 cm)
ClassificationsDrawing
Credit LineGift of Lisa Neall Forman and Gabrielle Forman in memory of their parents, Irving and Natalie Forman, 2013
Object number2013.45.5a
DescriptionDouble-sided abstract drawing in green with hole-punches down one side
Text Entries
John Beech is best known for his quirky sculptural objects, but he also creates two-dimensional works such photographs upon which he paints or tapes—often of industrial or suburban subjects. Beech also creates drawings, such as this double-sided work that the artist gifted to art collector Natalie Forman, after her husband Irving passed away. In a letter accompanying this drawing, the artist wrote: “I find an endless fascination with the immediacy and presence possible with works on paper/working on paper.” Here, his word play suggests a relationship in his artistic practice between a creation and the creating, a noun and a verb. Moreover, the note along with the immediacy of the drawings illustrates the close relationship between artist and patron.
It was decided by the Collections department to not physically label the object with its Accession number due to the fact that the work is double sized and would not allow for a written mark to be hidden when on exhibit.
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