Untitled (Wave Drawing)
1958
20th Century
22 in. x 28 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:
2009.11.4
Original Inventory Number: D-017/017
In this variation on his wave drawings, Sillman creates the illusion of sharp ridges
by tracing lines that crest then drop away sharply. The composition resolves into a
surface that appears to be in flux, much like the shifting sands of a desert molded by
the wind.