The artist/student saw the turquoise drapery as a shape. When he drew this shape, his mind simplified it into geometrical planes which sit on the page as a stepped pattern. If you expect the drawing to document the real thing, you’ll be disappointed. But if you look at the shape on the page and see it as something new, you’ll be intrigued. Don’t ask, how accurate a depiction is this, but why is this so much fun to look at.
Drawing by Charles Stern, graphite on paper, 30” x 22”
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