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JACK WHITTEN (1939 - ) Study for Kappa and Sigma, Series II.
Gesso, colored pencils and graphite on wove paper, 1978. 432x578 mm; 17x22 3/4 inches. Signed and dated in green ink, lower right recto. Signed, titled, dated and inscribed "gesso, colored pencil & graphite on paper" and "17 " x 22 3/4" " in pencil, verso.
Provenance: acquired directly from the artist, New York; private collection, New York.
Exhibited: Jack Whitten: Ten Years, 1970 -1980, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, November 6, 1983 - March 18, 1984.
This work on paper by Jack Whitten has a beautiful built-up surface, with incised white marks that are occassionally punctuated by color pencils. It is a study for his 1977-78 acrylic paintings Kappa II and Sigma II, exhibited recently in Jack Whitten: Five Decades of Painting at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, CA.
