Indian Space Abstraction, Gertrude Barrer, Amer., (1921-1997), Slate Print signed & titled in pencil

signed & titled in pencil on white wove paper

Focused attention on fleeting direct observation and rigorous study of the work of the old masters informed their efforts

dangling arm suggestive of injury or worse

There are edge losses to the upper right

9-9/16 x 7-15/16

Indian Space Abstraction, Gertrude Barrer, Amer., (1921-1997), Slate Print signed & titled in pencilColored Ink Drawing, 1948, 10 13 16 x 14 1 16, signed and dated in ink, on smooth cream wove bristol board. Some staining along right edge, strongest at the signature in lower right corner. A complex and delicately rendered composition from the height of the Indian Space movement during the mid to late 1940's. The planar negative spaces here are given as much elemental authority as the ethereal structures and webs woven by the delicate concentric