Drawing for an Imaginary Playground

Artist Susan Moore American, 1926–2013

Date1975

MediumPencil on paper

Dimensions9 x 12 in. (22.9 x 30.5 cm)

ClassificationsDrawings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Jessie N. Howell Memorial Fund

Object numberG.75.12.2/1

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Label TextSusan Moore was part of “Five Winston-Salem Printmakers.” Founded in 1962, the collective also included Martha Dunigan, Virginia Ingram, Anne Kesler Shields, and Ann Pollard. They discussed technological developments in printmaking, shared ideas about their art, and mounted exhibitions of their work.

In 1948 Moore attended Black Mountain College’s summer institute. There, teachers Josef Albers and Jacob Lawrence instructed her about subject matter and form. She recalled one lesson during which Albers cut shapes from paper and indicated their interactions. The lesson must have resurfaced when Moore composed the drawings shown here, where she presents sketches for a futuristic playground. The drawings reference Albers’s teachings, especially in their delineation of shape and their lean toward abstraction.
[J.Ledesma, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," 2022]ProvenanceCreated North Carolina, 1975; collection of the artist; sold to NCMA, 1975.Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," January 9, 2023–January 10, 2023. Object Rights Statement

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