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Photography by Edward C. Robison III

Two Models

Philip Pearlstein renders two women with only a series of lines. “I concentrate on drawing the contours of shapes, seeing them for the moment as flat areas,” Pearlstein said. “I see the arms and legs and torsos primarily as directional movements . . . as the major shapes on my page.”

ArtistPhilip Pearlstein(1924-2022)
Date1960
MediumGraphite on paper
Dimensions11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
Signedl.l.: Pearlstein 60
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, Gift of Helen Porter and Jim Dyke, 2017.55
ClassificationDrawing
Provenance(Jo Ann Perse Limited, Saint Louis, MO); purchased by James T. Dyke, Little Rock, AR; given to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2017
On ViewNo
Two Models11 × 14 in.Tennis Ball2.7 in. diameter

This artwork's face covers about 21× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.

Two Models by Philip Pearlstein | Crystal Bridges