Harvard Art Museums > 1992.334: Untitled at 3,001,422 Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Untitled at 3,001,422 (Jonathan Borofsky) , 1992.334,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 23, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/309862. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1992.334 People Jonathan Borofsky, American (Boston, MA born 1942) Title Untitled at 3,001,422 Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1987 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/309862 Physical Descriptions Medium Black ink, graphite, black ball-point ink and collage on off-white wove paper Technique Collage Dimensions actual: 30.6 x 22.9 cm (12 1/16 x 9 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: l.l., black ink, in artist's hand: 3001422 inscription: verso, l.r., graphite: 1243/D gallery label: removed from old mount, now in curatorial file, paper, typed: No. JCLG 88.04.016 inscription: verso, graphite: 1243/D Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Janie C. Lee Gallery, Houston Texas]. [G. W. Einstein Company, Inc., New York, New York], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1992. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund Accession Year 1992 Object Number 1992.334 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Support is paper torn from spiral-bound sketchbook. Pinholes at all four corners. Commentary The artist visited Drawing Study on 3/10/94. He identified the underdrawing as probably graphite, a #2 pencil or similar. He worked this drawing over a period of months, picking it up and adding to it over and over. He turns the paper around as he works, so that no particular orientation was essential, although he thinks this one probably does work best in the orientation in which we have it. He is introspective in these drawings-- using a surrealist automatism in a very introspective way. He adds the ribbon collage elements to add spatial depth and variety to the drawing, which otherwise gets more and more "flat" toward the central area. The ribbons don't have any special significance to him other than adding this spatial complexity. He says he's been using them since his early teens. Little heads will often appear in his drawings of this sort. He has a photocopy of a photograph of this drawing in front of him on his wall at his current studio. He had particularly liked this drawing-- it's the only one out of the hundreds he's done that he keeps a photocopy of before him. Exhibition History Under Cover: Artists' Sketchbooks, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 08/01/2006 - 10/22/2006 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
