Untitled (Wave Drawing)
c. 1955
20th Century
21 in. x 27 in.
Sewell Sillman,
American,
(1921–1992)
Object Type:
Work on Paper
Medium and Support:
ink on paper
Credit Line:
Florence Griswold Museum; Gift of the Sewell Sillman Foundation
Accession Number:
2009.11.3
Original Inventory Number: D-026/026
The barbed aspect of Sillman’s line stands out in this untitled work, the most
minimal of the wave drawings on view. Each time Sillman stopped his pen he
backtracked slightly, retracing a portion of the old line before moving forward with
the new mark. The resulting images appear very much like sheer fabrics
embroidered with tight stitches.