Windows
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View on museum website →Medium
graphite
Dimensions
overall: 15.4 x 20.4 cm (6 1/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Ruth B. Benedict
Accession Number
1983.68.1
Art Historical Context
Nestled in the National Gallery of Art's collection *Windows* (1970) by Michaelinson Clark invites viewers into a delicate world captured through graphite on paper. This intimate drawing, measuring just 15.4 x 20.4 cm, the precision and subtlety of graphite as a medium. Clark's meticulous lines likely evoke the reflective quality of windows—portals between interior and exterior realms—rendering everyday architecture with a quiet intensity that draws the eye to subtle textures and shadows. Created in the vibrant artistic landscape of 1970s America, the work reflects a period when draughtsmansh...
About the Artist
Michael Vinson Clark
Michael Vinson Clark, born on November 20, 1946, in Austin, Texas, grew up amid the vibrant cultural shifts of mid-century America before relocating to Washington, D.C., in the 1960s. There, he immersed himself in the local art scene, studying with Japanese printmaker Unichi Hiratsuka in the early 1960s and attending the Pratt Institute briefly before graduating from the Corcoran School of Art. As...