Drawing of a Point in Summer / Richard Tuttle
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.260
- Title
- Drawing of a Point in Summer
- Artist
- Richard Tuttle
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- Born 1941
- Medium and Support
- black crayon on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1973
- Object Creation Place
- North America
- American
- Creation Place 1
- North America
- Creation Place 2
- American
- Style/Group/Movement
- conceptual art
- Period
- Modern and contemporary
- Dimensions
- 30.4 cm x 45.8 cm (11 15/16 in. x 18 1/16 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Drawing
- Primary Object Type
- abstract
- Physical Description
- Two sweeping marks made with crayon in the middle of the page. This abstract form resembles the letter “T” with ends that curve back in, or a “P” whose loop isn’t closed.
- Subject Matter
- Although most of Tuttle’s prolific artistic output since he began his career in the 1960s has taken the form of three-dimensional objects, he commonly refers to his work as drawing rather than sculpture, emphasizing the diminutive scale and idea-based nature of his practice. He subverts the conventions of modernist sculptural practice (defined by grand heroic gestures, monumental scale, and the ‘macho’ materials of steel, marble, and bronze) and instead creates small, eccentrically playful objects in decidedly humble, even ‘pathetic’ materials such as paper, rope, string, cloth, wire, twigs, cardboard, bubble wrap, nails, Styrofoam, and plywood. Influences on his work include calligraphy (he has a strong interest in the intrinsic power of line), poetry, and language. (http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/tuttle/index.html, accessed 1 Feb 2010)
- Secondary Keywords
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- information form components
- intaglio printing processes
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- people and culture
- phonetic signs
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- printing processes
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- script and type forms
- script and type signs
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2966 x 1994
- File Size
- 461 KB
- Record
- 2008/2.260
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2008-sl-2.260/2008_2_260.jpg
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"Drawing of a Point in Summer; Richard Tuttle." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2008-sl-2.260/2008_2_260.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 16, 2024.
