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A group of four semi-abstract, partially rendered figures

A group of five figures are rendered in dark gray ink on off-white paper. They are indicated by only the shapes of their faces and hands or arms, which hover in white space. Their implied bodies are left unrendered, as are details like eyes or lips. At top center-left, a face in profile looks down and right, where his hands are around the implied figure of a face at center right. A small child’s face is next to this face, and the faces and arms of two larger children are seen at lower center and lower left.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2018.33.6.7
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/361234

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
2018.33.6.7
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)

Exhibition History

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