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Study for Oxford Street Building Site (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1931-2024
1931-2024
Title
Study for Oxford Street Building Site (recto)
Date of Production
(circa) 1957 - 1959
Medium
graphite over squaring up in red fabricated chalk (recto), black chalk squared up in graphite (verso), on wove paper with rounded corners
Dimensions
Height: 25.9 cm
Width: 17.9 cm
Width: 17.9 cm
Accession Number
D.2010.XX.2
Mode of Acquisition
Frank Helmuth Auerbach, gift, 15.2.2010
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
© The Estate of Frank Auerbach, courtesy Frankie Rossi Art Projects.
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Label Text
This drawing is from a sketchbook where Frank Auerbach recorded scenes from the construction sites on Oxford Street in London following the devastation of World War II. The red squaring grid would have eased the process of transferring the composition to a larger painting surface.
Provenance
Gift from the artist in 2010
Exhibition History
Courtauld Connects Regional Programme: The Artful Line: Drawings from the Harris collection and The Courtauld Gallery, The Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, 15/02/2020-18/10/2020
Special Display - The Grid, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 26/01/2012-28/05/2012
Frank Auerbach - London Building Sites 1952-62, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 15/10/2009-17/01/2010
Special Display - The Grid, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 26/01/2012-28/05/2012
Frank Auerbach - London Building Sites 1952-62, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 15/10/2009-17/01/2010
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto (all within the drawing, graphite, artist’s hand): boxes in grid numbered from “1” to “7” across upper edge and from “1” to “10” vertically down left edge; left upper edge: “pink”; twice at upper centre: “green”; centre: “red wheels”, “sandy yellow” and “browner ground”; right of centre: “No eat[...?] / rubble / 2R”; lower left, corner: “Study for Oxford Street / [illegible]”. Verso (within the drawing, all in black chalk, artist’s hand): boxes in grid numbered “1” to “10” across upper edge and “1” to “7” vertically down left edge; upper left: “yellow / light / 4r”; centre : “Red / light”; right of centre: “purple pi”; lower centre: “pink / [illegible]”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto (all within the drawing, graphite, artist’s hand): boxes in grid numbered from “1” to “7” across upper edge and from “1” to “10” vertically down left edge; left upper edge: “pink”; twice at upper centre: “green”; centre: “red wheels”, “sandy yellow” and “browner ground”; right of centre: “No eat[...?] / rubble / 2R”; lower left, corner: “Study for Oxford Street / [illegible]”. Verso (within the drawing, all in black chalk, artist’s hand): boxes in grid numbered “1” to “10” across upper edge and “1” to “7” vertically down left edge; upper left: “yellow / light / 4r”; centre : “Red / light”; right of centre: “purple pi”; lower centre: “pink / [illegible]”.
Collector's mark: none.
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