Thinking - Monuments to Collapse
Drawing
2005 (made)
2005 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Denis Masi was born in 1942 in West Virginia, USA. He attended the Brera Academy of Fine Art in Milan, the Slade School of Fine Art and the Chelsea School of Art. In 1984 Masi was the first artist in residence at the Imperial War Museum. He has taught at the Slade since 1996. He works in a wide range of media, including large-scale sculptural installations, drawings, etchings, metal relief, photographs, and, as in this example, collage.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Thinking - Monuments to Collapse (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil, bodycolour and paper cutting |
| Brief description | Drawing, Thinking - Monuments to Collapse by Denis Masi, pencil and bodycolour, 2005 |
| Physical description | Design on tracing paper overlaid with acetate incorporating two towers, a circle surrounding a cross and a hook. Inscription in lower right-hand corner. Three rivets join the layers. |
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| Style | |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'THINKING - MONUMENTS TO COLLAPSE / INCLUDING: MARSDEN HARTLEY ABSTRACT, / SKY HOOK AND A / DEAD RINGER OF SORTS. / SCALE: NONE / DENIS MASI 2005 [signed]' (Pen and ink inscription lower right) |
| Object history | This drawing is part of the '40 Artists - 40 Drawings' series acquired as a group in 2007. |
| Summary | Denis Masi was born in 1942 in West Virginia, USA. He attended the Brera Academy of Fine Art in Milan, the Slade School of Fine Art and the Chelsea School of Art. In 1984 Masi was the first artist in residence at the Imperial War Museum. He has taught at the Slade since 1996. He works in a wide range of media, including large-scale sculptural installations, drawings, etchings, metal relief, photographs, and, as in this example, collage. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.2588-2007 |
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| Record created | July 12, 2007 |
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