Terry Winters
Dark Plants, 2
1981
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Terry Winters
Dark Plants, 2
1981
Physical Qualities
Charcoal, black pastel, and lithographic crayon on paper, Sheet: 1060 x 755 mm. (41 3/4 x 29 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Thomas E. Benesch Memorial Collection
Object Number
1982.91
Scientific diagrams and illustrations featuring botanical studies are important reference points for Winters’ work. In Dark Plants,2 the subjects float on the page without any obvious context or explanation, like suspended images in textbook charts. Winters presents the same shape twice, with variations of shading and scale, as if providing multiple views of the object for careful analysis. The texture of the background and richness obtained by overlaying charcoal, black pastel, and lithographic crayon imbue the drawing with an emotive quality, going beyond the more formulaic illustrations that inspired it.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1982; Mr. Edward Benesch, NY; Sonnabend Gallery, NY, 1982; the artist
BMA, "Drawings from the Thomas E. Benesch Memorial Collection," 14 October - 12 December 1982.
BMA, "Selected Drawings from the Thomas E. Benesch Collection," 3 September - 1 December 1985.
BMA, "Contemporary Drawings from the BMA Collection," 9 December, 1986 - 15 February, 1987"
BMA, "Drawing Now: Selections from the Museum Collection," 17 May - 17 July, 1988.
BMA, "Modern Master Drawings from the Museum's Thomas E. Benesch Memorial Collection," 21 February - 30 April 1989.
BMA, "Making the Decades: Drawings 1960-1990," 5 February - 19 April, 1992.
BMA, "Select Views: Drawings from the Benesch Collection," 21 May - 30 July 2006.
BMA, "Selected Drawings from the Thomas E. Benesch Collection," 3 September - 1 December 1985.
BMA, "Contemporary Drawings from the BMA Collection," 9 December, 1986 - 15 February, 1987"
BMA, "Drawing Now: Selections from the Museum Collection," 17 May - 17 July, 1988.
BMA, "Modern Master Drawings from the Museum's Thomas E. Benesch Memorial Collection," 21 February - 30 April 1989.
BMA, "Making the Decades: Drawings 1960-1990," 5 February - 19 April, 1992.
BMA, "Select Views: Drawings from the Benesch Collection," 21 May - 30 July 2006.
Inscribed: lower left verso in graphite(?): "Terry Winters / Dark Plants, 2 / 1982"; by later hand(?), lower right verso: "10877"
