About the Artwork
Untitled (The Second Dream of Tension Wires)
between 1979 and 1990
Gordon Newton
1948 - 2019
American
Unknown
Blue ballpoint pen on lined white writing paper
Sheet: 11 × 8 1/2 inches (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
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Gift of James Pearson Duffy
1999.871
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Markings
Inscribed, in blue ballpoint pen, interspersed among the sketches from top to bottom of sheet: the second dream of the high tension wire | Even dream tract | Even Dream tract | Even Dream tract | PLUMB SIEZURE | Even dream territory | EXIT dream | exit channel dream | wind | source through reduction | even dream push | even dream push | time neurosis [underlined] = Western ? | this is too serious to be taken seriously! | [li?]fted [illegible]ts against the enemy.
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 (The Second Dream of Tension Wires), between 1979 and 1990, blue ballpoint pen on lined white writing paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of James Pearson Duffy, 1999.871.
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