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Suburbs I [preparatory drawing]

1990

Tony Cragg

Associated Names

Tony Cragg

Artist, British, born 1949

The image shows various rounded and oval shapes placed on rectangular forms, with intersecting curved lines throughout. The forms are shaded with pencil, creating shadow and depth. Their arrangement suggests a complex structure reminiscent of a futuristic sculpture or mechanical assembly.

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Artwork overview

Medium

graphite on tracing paper [preparatory drawing]
Credit Line

Gift of Kathan Brown
Dimensions

23 x 25 in.
Accession Number

2024.132.277
Catalogue Raisonné

[preparatory drawing]

Artwork history & notes

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