About the Artwork
Untitled
between 1970 and 1985
Gordon Newton
1948 - 2019
American
Unknown
Blue ballpoint pen on cream wove paper
Sheet: 11 × 8 1/2 inches (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
Drawings
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of James Pearson Duffy
1999.1107
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Markings
Inscribed, in ballpoint, [many notations across the sheet around the various sketches] lower left: steerage - wheel [wheel is crossed out] Inscribed, above spiral, lower center: reaction [The words "bounce or | seek" were written and crossed out above the word "reaction"] Inscribed, below spiral: swamp Inscribed, above grid, lower right center: DEDUCTION | perception [circled] Inscribed, below grid: edge Inscribed, above circles in rectangle, lower right: predator Inscribed, below circles in rectangle: periscope Inscribed, [many short dashes connect some of these inscriptions with each other or the sketches] in pencil, upper left, verso: 470
Provenance
James Pearson Duffy (Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA)
1999-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Gordon Newton, Untitled, between 1970 and 1985, blue ballpoint pen on cream wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of James Pearson Duffy, 1999.1107.
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