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Untitled

Catherine Murphy

1979

graphite

paper

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

Contemporary Interior

Dominant colour

Untitled is a 1979 graphite by Catherine Murphy, held at Museum of Modern Art.

Who painted this?: Catherine Murphy
When & what style?: 1979
Where can I see it?: Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This drawing shows a door with a calendar pinned to it. The calendar is for January 1979, with a small landscape picture of a village and mountains above the dates. The door has a brass handle and looks slightly worn. The calendar hangs crookedly, with the paper curling at the edges. The pencil lines are precise, showing every detail of the door’s wood grain and the calendar’s tiny print. Look up cross-hatching next to see how artists build shadows with lines.

About the artist

Artist

Catherine Murphy

Catherine Murphy is an American realist painter whose career began with the inclusion of her work in the 1971 Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture at the Whitney Museum of American Art.

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