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Pontchartrain [preparatory drawing for panel D]

1997

Robert Colescott

Associated Names

Robert Colescott

Artist, American, 1925 - 2009

The image shows a pencil sketch with a slightly elevated perspective. In the drawing, there is a small house with a pitched roof on the left side. The house has a porch with columns, steps leading down, and boulders labeled with colors like "red" and "purple" nearby. On the right, there are abstract shapes resembling oversized leaves or petals. Behind the house, there are shrubs or bushes. The background is white, and the sketch is done in black pencil lines.

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Artwork overview

Medium

graphite on tracing paper [preparatory drawing for panel D]
Credit Line

Gift of Kathan Brown
Dimensions

48 x 30 in.
Accession Number

2024.132.269
Catalogue Raisonné

[preparatory drawing for panel D]

Artwork history & notes

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