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Untitled

1987–88

Jacqueline Humphries

(American, 1960-)
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Culture
America
Medium
ink on paper
Measurements
Sheet: 25.8 x 25.2 cm (10 3/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift in Memory of Toby Devan Lewis 2024.91.2
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
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Jacqueline Humphries has referred to her artistic practice as “my machine for thinking.”

Description

Jacqueline Humphries was one of a number of artists during the 1980s who worked to revive painting at a time when it had fallen out of favor in the New York art scene. This untitled set of drawings exemplifies the artist’s use of gestural forms to consider the legacy of Abstract Expressionist painting. Rather than improvisational brushstrokes, she presents carefully calculated and manipulated but organic forms.
An ink drawing on deckled, off-white paper features a dense cluster of organic forms. Centered irregular blotches of black and gray ink form a square, separated by thin, light gaps. Reminiscent of cells or stones, the ink features soft, feathered edges that bleed into the textured surface. Several forms radiate from a central point, while stray ink droplets dot the margins on the left and right.

Untitled

1987–88

Jacqueline Humphries

(American, 1960-)
America

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