Sit Down (Perspective)
Gaetano Pesce
Italian, 1939–2024
1975
A colored-pencil and ink on paper architectural fantasy that stages a monumental, ruin‑like interior opening onto a luminous seaside view, with Pesce using perspective and texture to turn a drawing into a theatrical spatial narrative.
You feel dwarfed by cavernous, columned masses rendered in tight brown hatching and a floor strewn with cubic rubble, while a narrow cleft frames a glowing orange rock and a faint rainbow—an uncanny mix of precise draftsmanship and sudden color accents.
Created in 1975, this work exemplifies Pesce’s cross‑disciplinary approach, treating architectural drawing as storytelling and theatrical spectacle that challenged sober modernist representation and expanded how designers imagine and communicate space.
Medium
Colored pencil and ink on paper
Dimensions
29 1/2 x 20 7/8" (75 x 53 cm)
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Credit
Gift of Pierre Apraxine
Accession
478.1997
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