Untitled
Nick Mauss
American and German, born 1980
2003
A hybrid drawing by Nick Mauss that uses synthetic polymer paint, felt‑tip pen, and carbon‑paper transfer to set delicate, hand-drawn figures against sweeping, marbleized fields of color.
At first glance you see oceanic green-and-blue marbling framing a central white void where faint pen sketches, loose graphite scratches, and tiny colored triangles hover like fragments of a memory.
By combining marbled paint, mechanical transfer, and intimate line work, the work blurs painting and drawing and exemplifies early-2000s experiments with layered processes and fragile, hybrid image-making.
Medium
Synthetic polymer paint, felt-tip pen, and carbon paper transfer on paper
Dimensions
22 1/2 x 16 5/8" (57.2 x 42.2 cm)
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Credit
The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift
Accession
2380.2005
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