Howardena Pindell
Untitled
1972
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Howardena Pindell
Untitled
1972
Physical Qualities
Collage of paper dots with pen and ink adhered to sheets of translucent graph paper, Sheet: 278 × 218 mm. (10 15/16 × 8 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Alicia Legg, Baltimore
Object Number
1994.206
In this early work, Howardena Pindell layered thick hole-punches and thin sheets of translucent graph paper. The technique was influenced by her parents; as she remembers, “my father had a degree in math and wrote numbers in a small book that had a grid ... my mother made beautiful note paper using dried flowers, tissue paper, and wax paper.” The small round shapes also recall a difficult childhood memory: as a young girl, Pindell stopped with her father for root beers in Kentucky, and they were given mugs with a large red circle on the bottom, designated for non-white customers.
A.I.R. Gallery to Alicia Legg
Christopher Bedford and Katy Siegel, BMA. "Every Day: Selections from the Collection," Sunday, July 14, 2019 - Sunday, January 05, 2020.
Inscribed: FACE: (graphite), LR, 'H. Pindell '73'; VERSO OF FRAME: pressure sensitive label, UC, (typed), 'Howardena Pindell/Untitled. 1973/Dots numbered in ink and mounted on graph paper'; written (blue ink), 'A.I.R. Gallery - to Alicia Legg'
