"Double"
Drawing
1971 (made)
1971 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Glynn Williams is a well known British sculptor. In the 1970s he was working in an abstract style, although still with reference to real objects. His work later became much more figurative. This drawing, a study for a print, relates quite closely to pieces in wood he was making in the early 1970s which took the form of crates and similar constructions. In some of these pieces Williams seems to be working with a cross-over from two to three dimensions, using the idea of a shadow or reflection as a solid part of the sculpture which at the same time remains flat. In this drawing he plays on ideas around real and reflected space and irresolutions regarding the dimensions of mirror images.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | "Double" |
| Materials and techniques | Ink and felt tip pen over pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Drawing, Glynn Williams: Drawing 'Double' 1971 |
| Physical description | The word DOUBLE is drawn out as if each letter was a 3-D block; behind, is drawn a mirror, reflecting them so the word DOUBLE is doubled. The background is a series of parallel lines drawn gradually closer together as they move up the sheet, to suggest perspective and then, after the 'floor' meets the 'wall', in equi-distant parallel lines. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | "Double" Glynn Williams 7/71 (Inscribed with title and signed and dated in pencil) |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | Glynn Williams is a well known British sculptor. In the 1970s he was working in an abstract style, although still with reference to real objects. His work later became much more figurative. This drawing, a study for a print, relates quite closely to pieces in wood he was making in the early 1970s which took the form of crates and similar constructions. In some of these pieces Williams seems to be working with a cross-over from two to three dimensions, using the idea of a shadow or reflection as a solid part of the sculpture which at the same time remains flat. In this drawing he plays on ideas around real and reflected space and irresolutions regarding the dimensions of mirror images. |
| Bibliographic reference | Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1974 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.85-1974 |
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| Record created | March 28, 2008 |
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