Untitled
Artist
George Copeland Ault
(American, 1891 - 1948)
Date1948
MediumGraphite and colored crayon on paper
DimensionsUnframed: 12 x 9 inches (30.48 x 22.86 cm)
Credit LineGift of Donald Lokuta
Object number2010.66.16
Signedl.r.: G. C. Ault '48
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionMulti-colored abstract shapes: u.l., yellow circle boxed-in on three sides and intersected by a line; u.r., diagonal line intersected with hash marks; center, meeting of chevron-like forms; l.l., area of cross-hatchingGallery LabelThe city as subject matter occupied Ault throughout his career, even after his self-imposed exile in rural Woodstock, New York, in 1937. Unlike Ault's other drawings of Chartres Cathedral in which architectural elements are abstracted yet still recognizable, this untitled cityscape breaks nearly all ties with the observable world. Drawn in the last year of the artist’s life, it signals a new direction in Ault’s art.
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