Harmonizations #5
Maker
(artist)
b. 1944 (Life dates)
b. 1944 (Life dates)
Title
Harmonizations #5
Date of Production
2016
Medium
copper, aluminum, gold, silver and platinum point on Arches watercolour paper primed with black and carmine gesso
Dimensions
Height: 45.7 cm
Width: 45.7 cm
Width: 45.7 cm
Accession Number
D.2020.XX.7
Mode of Acquisition
Patrick Heide Art Projects, purchase, 2020
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
© Susan Schwalb
Location
Not currently on display
Label Text
Susan Schwalb is one of the leading practitioners today of metalpoint, a drawing technique that originated during the Renaissance. Here, she uses five different metals to create a grid of blocks of parallel or layered, crosshatched lines. Each block seems to shimmer or pulsate against the dark gesso ground. This visual vibration evokes the idea of sound or even music, an idea echoed in the drawing's title. Schwalb has stated that she wants viewers 'to experience the effect of an abstract universe composed of lines and reflections of light.'
Provenance
Patrick Heide Art Projects; purchased through a generous gift of the Tavolozza Foundation
Exhibition History
From the Baroque to Today: New Acquisitions of Works on Paper, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 23/02/2024-27/05/2024
Inscriptions
Inscription: Verso: upper centre, graphite: "T"; lower left, graphite, signed: "Susan Schwalb"; lower right, graphite, artist's hand: "#14129"; "Harmonizations #5 / 2016 / copper / aluminum / gold / silver / platinum / Black + carmine gesso, arches".
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