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A Selection of Works on Paper

Untitled, 1951 – 1952

Pencil, oil paint
15 ⅛ × 20 ¹⁄₁₆ inches (38.4 × 51 cm)

Untitled, 1954

Coloured pencil
19 ⅛ × 25 ³⁄₁₆ inches (48.5 × 64 cm)

Untitled, 1954

Gouache, wax crayon, coloured pencil
19 ⅛ × 25 ³⁄₁₆ inches (48.5 × 64 cm)

Untitled, 1957

Gouache, wax crayon, pencil on irregularly cut cardboard
12 ³⁄₁₆ × 14 ⅛ inches (31 × 35.8 cm)

Sperlonga collage, 1959

Collage (irregularly torn and folded semi-transparent glassine paper shred), oil-based house paint
32 ¹⁵⁄₁₆ × 24 ⁷⁄₁₆ inches (85 × 62 cm)

See Naples + Die, August 1960

Pencil, wax crayon, coloured pencil, ballpoint pen
19 ¹¹⁄₁₆ × 27 ⁹⁄₁₆ inches (50 × 70 cm)

Delian Ode 55, August 1961

Ballpoint pen, pencil, wax crayon
13 ³⁄₁₆ × 13 ⅞ inches (33.5 × 35.2 cm)

Untitled, November 1965-1966

Wax crayon, pencil, ballpoint pen
27 ⁹⁄₁₆ × 39 ⅜ inches (70 × 100 cm)

Untitled (Greetings from Gorgo), 1966

Pencil, wax crayon
34 × 26 ½ inches (86.2 × 67.5 cm)

Untitled, 1967

Oil-based house paint, pencil, wax crayon
27 ⁹⁄₁₆ × 39 ⅜ inches (70 × 100 cm)

Untitled, 1964–1968

Pencil, wax crayon, coloured pencil
27 ⁹⁄₁₆ × 39 ⅜ inches (70 × 100 cm)

Untitled, 1969

Oil paint, wax crayon
27 ⁹⁄₁₆ × 34¼ inches (70 × 87 cm)

Untitled, 1969

oil paint, wax crayon
16 ⅛ × 12 ½ inches (40.9 × 31.8 cm)

Untitled, 1970

Collage: (tracing paper, lined paper, transparent adhesive tape), pencil, wax crayon
27 ⅛ × 40 ¹⁵⁄₁₆ inches (68.9 × 104 cm)

Untitled, July 1970

Collage: (postcard, drawing paper, transparent adhesive tape), pencil, wax crayon, ink
24 ¹⁵⁄₁₆ × 22 ⅜ inches (63.3 × 56.8 cm)

Beyond (A System for Passing), September 1971

Oil paint, pencil, wax crayon
27 ⁹⁄₁₆ × 39 ⅜ inches (70 × 100 cm)

To Malevitch, 1974

Collage: (drawing paper, masking tape, transparent adhesive tape), charcoal, wax crayon, pencil
30 ¹¹⁄₁₆ × 22 ⅝ inches (78 × 57.5 cm)

Untitled, February 1974

Collage: (lined paper, graph paper, transparent adhesive tape), wax crayon, pencil
29 ⅛ × 41 ¾ inches (74 × 106 cm)

Mars and the Artist, 1975

Collage: (drawing paper, cardboard, staples) oil paint, wax crayon, charcoal, pencil
55 ⅞ × 50 ³⁄₁₆ inches (142 × 127.5 cm)

Orpheus, 1975

Oil paint, wax crayon, pencil
55 ½ × 39 ⅜ inches (140.9 × 100 cm)

Lycian drawing, August 22 – September 19, 1982

Oil paint, wax crayon, pencil
39 ⅜ × 27 ⁹⁄₁₆ inches (100 × 70 cm)

Scenes from an Ideal Marriage, 1986

Acrylic, pencil, wax crayon
21 ¼ × 28 ¾ inches (54 × 73 cm)

Untitled, 1986

Acrylic, oil paint
21 ⁵⁄₁₆ × 28 ⁵⁄₁₆ inches (54.1 × 71.9 cm)

Untitled, January 1989

Collage: (drawing paper, tracing paper, shredded drawing paper, transparent adhesive tape, glue), acrylic, wax crayon, pencil
40 ¹⁵⁄₁₆ × 29 ⅜ inches (104 × 74.5 cm)

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