Collection of Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc., New York (acquired directly from the artist)
Acquired from the above by the present owner

The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; Vancouver Art Gallery; Calgary, The Nickle Arts Museum; New York, Seagram Building; Ontario, London Regional Art Gallery, Drawings by Sculptors: Two Decades of Non-Objective Art in the Seagram Collection, May 1984 - June 1985, p. 69, illustrated

This work is in very good condition overall. The sheet is hinged verso to the mat at the top two corners. The sheet is slightly undulated throughout and there is evidence of pale time staining. Under close inspection, there is evidence of minor creasing to the sheet, particularly in the areas with applied pigment, which are consistent with the artist's choice of medium and working method. There are a few areas of pinpoint stray medium and some minor fading to the felt-tip pen, also consistent with the artist's choice of medium. Framed under glass.
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Executed in 1982, this work is a study for a temporary installation at Kunsthalle Berne, Switzerland in 1983.