Two Models
Two Models
Artist
Philip Pearlstein
(1924 - 2022)
Date1960
MediumGraphite on paper
Dimensions11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
ClassificationsDrawing
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, Gift of Helen Porter and Jim Dyke, 2017.55
Signedl.l.: Pearlstein 60
Accession number
2017.55
On View
Not on viewLabel TextPhilip Pearlstein renders two women with only a series of lines. “I concentrate on drawing the contours of shapes, seeing them for the moment as flat areas,” Pearlstein said. “I see the arms and legs and torsos primarily as directional movements . . . as the major shapes on my page.”
Philip Pearlstein dibuja a dos mujeres con solo una serie de líneas. “Me concentro en dibujar los contornos de las formas, viéndolas, por el momento, como zonas planas”, dice Pearlstein. “Veo los brazos, las piernas y los torsos principalmente como movimientos direccionales... como las formas predominantes de mi página”.
