UNTITLED

Natkin, Robert

Pastel on Paper

Unknown

X1964.04.04

This work on paper is an abstract pastel that moves through irregular passages of color using line to alter the impact of these areas, often crosshatched or modeled in black and sometimes white. The sense of texture is implicit in the medium and the tooth of the paper is evident from the chalk moving across the paper, but this is heightened to the degree that each patch of color feels like a move from one surface to another. The dominant colors are a range of purples that move to grey and chalky white with isolated oranges and reds, yellows and greens. A horizontal orange bar runs the entire width of the paper at the top as well as a light greyish bar (nearly unnoticeable) running the length of the left side of the picture.