Photography by Edward C. Robison III
Luis (Luis Cruz Azaceta)
Diane Edison drew this expressive portrait of fellow artist Luis Cruz Azaceta. Starting on black paper, she used a white pencil to reveal his features. Edison said, “I work [the drawing] up slowly, keeping it dark, keeping just the ghost of the image as long I can.” These simple materials allow for intimate detail, and the large scale seems to echo Edison’s regard for her subject.
ArtistDiane Edison(b. 1950)
Date2006
MediumColored pencil on paper
Dimensions44 x 30 in. (111.8 x 76.2 cm)
Signedl.r.: [signed and dated]
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, Gift of Helen Porter and Jim Dyke, 2017.40
ClassificationDrawing
Provenance(George Adams Gallery, New York, NY); purchased by James T. Dyke, Little Rock, AR, 2007; given to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2017
On ViewNo
This artwork's face covers about 181× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.