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An abstracted rendering of a group of figures in a room with a window behind them

Five figures are partially rendered in an interior space. Washes of dark gray ink indicate the shapes of faces, some in profile, some facing us. A figure at center right wearing a floral print dress is seated in a large chair, but most outlines that would indicate the shape of her figure are left blank. All the other figures also lack outlines, but we see washes representing the hand and face of a small child she carries, the faces of two children in front of her and the shape of the face of a figure standing next to her at left. A small circle with a diamond shape hovers at center over the hand of one child. Random splashes of ink play across the drawing in places.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2018.33.6.2
People
Louis Delsarte, American (Brooklyn, NY 1944 - 2020 Atlanta, GA)
Title
Unity (mylar/separation)
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1995
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/361229

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink on mylar
Dimensions
58.4 × 78.7 cm (23 × 31 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Louis Delsarte, created 1995; [Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia, PA], gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2018.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Brandywine Workshop and Archives, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Copyright
© Estate of Louis Delsarte
Accession Year
2018
Object Number
2018.33.6.2
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Christina Taylor and Georgina Rayner, Multi-layered: Louis Delsarte’s Color Separations, Index Magazine (online), Index Magazine (https://harvardartmuseums.org/article/multi-layered-louis-delsarte-s-color-separations, May 12, 2022)
  • Jennifer Roberts, Contact: The Art and Pull of Print, Princeton University Press (Princeton and Oxford, 2024), p. 89, fig. 3.14, ill. (color)

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