1961
Lee Bontecou American, 1931-2022
United States
This early drawing shows Bontecou experimenting with many of the menacing motifs that dominate her later sculptures and prints. Black holes, futuristic aircraft (segmented like an insect’s scales), gas masks, weaponry, and cosmic storms cover its broad surface. Bontecou used drawing both as an end in itself as well as a way to explore ideas for other media.
Graphite and black colored pencil on cream wove paper