Untitled

1977

Gordon Newton American, 1948 - 2019

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Title Untitled

Artwork Date 1977

Artist Gordon Newton

Life Dates 1948 - 2019

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. American

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Medium Black, red, and blue ballpoint pen on lined white composition paper

Dimensions Sheet: 8 1/2 × 7 inches (21.6 × 17.8 cm)

Classification Drawings

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Gift of James Pearson Duffy

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 1999.930.15

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Inscriptions Inscribed, in black ballpoint pen, vertically along center left edge: ANGEL [sic] OF DROP, HOW STEEP Inscribed, to right of sketch of roller coaster: WATER PUMP | lines Running | along RAILS. Inscribed, below sketch: COASTER (BALSA WOOD) | VERTICAL DROP PLAN | HORIZONTAL PLAN | POLYURETHNAE FOAM | BALSA WOOD COATED | FIBERGLASS POOL WITH | WATER + PUMP CIRCULATION | AQUARIUM PUMP + TUBING | [small detail sketch of the tubing] Inscribed, in pencil, verso of backcover of composition pad, upper left: 561

Provenance

James Pearson Duffy (Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA)

1999-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Gordon Newton, Untitled, 1977, black, red, and blue ballpoint pen on lined white composition paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of James Pearson Duffy, 1999.930.15.

100 x S

Gordon Newton

1970

Untitled

Gordon Newton

ca. 1970

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Female Nude

Anonymous

1962

Female Nude

Anonymous

no date

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