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Forty graphite drawings made over a single winter, each tracing a single object held in late afternoon light. The series is the first project I completed without naming any of its parts.

Forty Drawings

I worked on one sheet a day from December through February. The rule was to begin only when the light reached the desk, and to stop the moment it left.

Some sheets carry a drawing of the same cup four or five times; others carry a single, almost reluctant line.

Sheet 7, December
Sheet 22, January
Studio view

Late Afternoon

A subset of the drawings — eleven sheets — were made between four and five in the afternoon, when shadow lengthens across the desk. These are presented as a separate group, hung in a single low row.

Sheet 31, February