Drawing No. 10
Hércules Barsotti
Brazilian, 1914–2010
1959
A spare ink-on-paper drawing that reduces a picture to a single vertical axis interrupted by two short parallel strokes, a study in balance and rhythm through extreme simplification.
A square of pale, skin-toned ground is quietly punctured at its center by a hairline black column running edge to edge, while two short, closely set bars near the middle create a tiny, tense offset that makes the whole work feel poised and deliberate.
Produced amid Brazil’s midcentury concrete-abstract movement, the sheet distills modernist concerns about order, perception, and economy of form and helped point the way toward later minimalist and conceptual approaches.
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
11 5/8 x 11 5/8" (29.5 x 29.5 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Purchase
Accession
74.2005
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