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Defensive Architecture

2001

Stephen Talasnik

Associated Names

Stephen Talasnik

Artist, American, born 1954

This is a drawing of an abstract architectural structure. The drawing features complex, overlapping circular forms and geometric frameworks. The structures are rendered with various lines, arcs, and shading, creating a sense of depth and perspective. The use of monochrome adds to the technical atmosphere of the image, evoking a sense of construction and deconstruction in an abstract architectural space.

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Artwork overview

Medium

graphite on wove paper
Credit Line

Gift of Architektur Galerie Berlin-Ulrich Müller
Dimensions

sheet: 55.88 × 182.88 cm (22 × 72 in.)
Accession Number

2004.104.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Architektur Galerie Berlin-Ulrich Müller, Germany); acquired 2004 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Talasnik, Stephen

Inscriptions

upper right corner in graphite: [Defens]ive Architecture; lower right in graphite: S Talasnik © 01

Wikidata ID

Q64632778

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