Instructions for "Ghost Dance"

1974

Robert Stackhouse

Associated Names
Robert Stackhouse

Artist, American, born 1942

This is a drawing of assembly and disassembly instructions for a structure titled "Ghost Dance". The image contains hand-drawn diagrams and annotations on a grid paper background outlining the assembly instructions for a construction project referred to as a "Ghost Dance". Two main diagrams, labeled as "concave side" and "convex side," feature structural elements represented by numbered positions. Various notes and arrows delineate the sequence and process, emphasizing important steps such as "REMOVE LOOSEN & TIGHTEN SCREWS" or "DO NOT REMOVE". The use of mixed media, including sketching, handwriting, and colored highlights, presents the technical and artistic elements of the instruction layout.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and red ink, graphite, and watercolor on Aquabee graph paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of the artist)

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 45.56 × 58.26 cm (17 15/16 × 22 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.2562

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1974; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1977

  • Drawings by Sculptors, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1977-1978

1979

  • Washington Art on Paper: 1962-1978, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1979

Bibliography

1983

  • Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 264, no. 1738.

Inscriptions

upper left in graphite: INSTRUCTIONS FOR "GHOST DANCE"; lower center in graphite: r stackhouse

Wikidata ID

Q64629102

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