Untitled (Theater Drawing)

William Anastasi

2004

  • Titles Untitled (Theater Drawing) (Descriptive)
  • Artist William Anastasi, American, 1933 - 2023
  • Medium pencil on paper
  • Dimensions 7 5/8 x 11 1/4 in. (19.4 x 28.6 cm) frame: 14 1/4 x 17 3/4 in. (36.2 x 45.1 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Sally and Wynn Kramarsky in honor of Michael and Philippa Straus, AFI.4.2008, image © William Anastasi; used by permission.
  • Work Type drawing
  • Classification Drawings

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Painted and collaged composition made with corrugated board that is overlayed with different boards, papers, and cut-out elements. The composition is of a black family surrounded by dense, geometric pattern. The central top figure is a man in what appears to be a ceremonial hat. The central, frontal figure is a child whose face is surrounded by radiating patterns of geometric design.
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