abstract figure composed of five black rectangles arranged on sheet with one blue shape at top, center; sketchy grey and black marks throughout sheet, including grey shadowing behind black rectangles

%C2%A9 2013 Joel Shapiro %2F Artists Rights Society %28ARS%29%2C New York

Untitled (Jazz at Lincoln Center), 1996

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Joel Shapiro’s works on paper are composed of carefully choreographed geometric forms that take on attributes of the human figure. Created from a palette of simple shapes and basic colors, they are surprisingly expressive of the body in motion. Like his sculptures, these works bridge the gap between abstraction and figuration. Interestingly, Shapiro says he does not use his drawings or prints as studies for sculpture. Rather, he says, a two-dimensional work might serve as “a means of defining what the sculpture was about, as a clarification of thought.”

Details
Title
Untitled (Jazz at Lincoln Center)
Artist Life
born 1941
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2011.94.12
Provenance
Private collection, Minneapolis; given to MIA, 2011.
Catalogue Raisonne
Charles Riley, p.182
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abstract figure composed of five black rectangles arranged on sheet with one blue shape at top, center; sketchy grey and black marks throughout sheet, including grey shadowing behind black rectangles

© 2013 Joel Shapiro / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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