8B-B/H-8H
Drawing
1990 (made)
1990 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
In this work Lalic explores the mark-making properties of the most basic of art materials - the pencil. She has used pencils ranging from 8B (the softest) to 8H (the hardest) to create blocks of shading. The grid format emphasises her methodical, almost scientific approach to this exercise.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | 8B-B/H-8H (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil on paper |
| Brief description | '8B-B/H-8H', block of pencil shading in grid format on paper, by Maria Lalic, United Kingdom, 1990 |
| Physical description | Block of pencil shading in grid format, on paper |
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| Summary | In this work Lalic explores the mark-making properties of the most basic of art materials - the pencil. She has used pencils ranging from 8B (the softest) to 8H (the hardest) to create blocks of shading. The grid format emphasises her methodical, almost scientific approach to this exercise. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.1882-1992 |
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| Record created | August 5, 2004 |
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