Lamps and Closed Books
2005
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
2005
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
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Lamps and Closed Books is a 2005 by Martin Spanyol, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
The drawing depicts table lamps and closed books rendered as wire-frame outlines, lending them a fragile appearance. Intermittent straight lines radiate from the light bulbs and book pages, suggesting beams of light. Part of the 2005 series *40 Artists - 40 Drawings*, it was acquired as a group in 2007.
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Martin Spanyol made precise drawings of everyday scenes in the early 2000s. In *Lamps and Closed Books* (2005), he shows a lamp casting a pool of light over neatly stacked books, using fine lines to capture textures and…
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