Indian Space Abstraction, Gertrude Barrer, Amer., (1921-1997), Slate Print 9-9/16 x 7-15/16

9-9/16 x 7-15/16

image 12 x 11

A family drifts slowly on a river

one spot of foxing at bottom center margin edge well away from image

Indian Space Abstraction, Gertrude Barrer, Amer., (1921-1997), Slate Print 9-9/16 x 7-15/16Colored Ink Drawing, 1948, 10 13 16 x 14 1 16, signed and dated in ink, on smooth cream wove bristol board. Some staining along right edge, strongest at the signature in lower right corner. A complex and delicately rendered composition from the height of the Indian Space movement during the mid to late 1940's. The planar negative spaces here are given as much elemental authority as the ethereal structures and webs woven by the delicate concentric