Untitled, between 1970 and 1985

  • Gordon Newton, American, 1948 - 2019

Blue ballpoint pen on cream wove paper

  • Sheet: 11 × 8 1/2 inches (27.9 × 21.6 cm)

Gift of James Pearson Duffy

1999.1107

Inscribed, in ballpoint, [many notations across the sheet around the various sketches] lower left: steerage - wheel [wheel is crossed out] Inscribed, above spiral, lower center: reaction [The words "bounce or | seek" were written and crossed out above the word "reaction"] Inscribed, below spiral: swamp Inscribed, above grid, lower right center: DEDUCTION | perception [circled] Inscribed, below grid: edge Inscribed, above circles in rectangle, lower right: predator Inscribed, below circles in rectangle: periscope Inscribed, [many short dashes connect some of these inscriptions with each other or the sketches] in pencil, upper left, verso: 470

James Pearson Duffy (Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA)

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

Gordon Newton, Untitled, between 1970 and 1985, blue ballpoint pen on cream wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of James Pearson Duffy, 1999.1107.