Blue Plunge

Maker


born 16/11/1930

Title

Blue Plunge

Date of Production

1966

Medium

Paxton Bond machine-made woven lightweight paper (watermark visible).

Adams has used biro pen to create a framing line on verso and recto.

Accession Number

D.2025.XX.9

Mode of Acquisition

purchase, 2024

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust). Acquired with support from the Modern & Contemporary Drawings Group, 2024.

Copyright

Courtesy of the artist and Zürcher Gallery, New York / Paris.

Location

On display

Label Text

Before becoming a sculptor, Alice Adams trained as a weaver — an experience that is
recalled in the cord-like, interlaced lines that she used to construct this drawing. It
formed part of a group of works on paper, made in the mid-1960s, that were closely
related to sculptures Adams was then producing from steel cables and other industrial
materials. This example, which has recently been acquired by The Courtauld, relates to
a cylindrical, roped work of 1964 titled Fluorescent Structure, though its deep blue
colour suggests a more pensive mood than the vivid red that she chose for the
sculpture

Provenance

The artist; purchased by the Samuel Courtauld Trust through the Zurcher Gallery, New York, 2024.

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