Tom Otterness

Untitled (Plate Study)

1986

Not on view

Date
1986

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Pen and blue ink on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 12 5/16 × 17 1/2 in. (31.3 × 44.5 cm)

Accession number
96.242.23

Credit line
Gift of the Lannan Foundation

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
artworks/11086

Part of a series:
The Tables
4 works

Three raised model platforms show small buildings, a wrecking ball crane, and a large mechanical spider.
Three workstations with strange robotic figures manipulating small parts and a hanging orb.
Loose blue ink sketches of small floating scenes, including a hanging globe, figures, and angels.
A tall tilted apartment building in a fenced lot is being pulled upright by ropes and vehicles.



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