ROBERT MOORE 1964-"M IS FOR MAMBO MR DUFUS IN A CAP" ORIGINAL CHARCOAL ON PAPER

A STRIKING MODERNIST PORTRAIT STUDY EXECUTED IN CHARCOAL OR GRAPHITE ON PAPER, SIGNED AND DATED BY THE ARTIST MOORE IN 1998. THE WORK DEMONSTRATES THE ARTIST'S CHARACTERISTIC LINEAR APPROACH TO FIGURATIVE REPRESENTATION, EMPLOYING BOLD, GESTURAL MARK-MAKING TO CONSTRUCT THE FACIAL FEATURES AND HEAD FORM.

COMPOSITION AND TECHNIQUE:
THE DRAWING PRESENTS A STYLISED PORTRAIT HEAD RENDERED IN A SEMI-ABSTRACT MANNER, WITH EMPHASIS ON GEOMETRIC CONSTRUCTION AND EXPRESSIVE LINE WORK RATHER THAN NATURALISTIC REPRESENTATION. THE ARTIST HAS EMPLOYED STRONG ANGULAR STROKES TO DEFINE THE CRANIUM, FACIAL PLANES, AND FEATURES. A HORIZONTAL LINE BISECTS THE COMPOSITION, POSSIBLY INDICATING A COMPOSITIONAL DEVICE OR FRAME ELEMENT. THE EXECUTION SHOWS CONFIDENCE IN THE MEDIUM WITH VARIED LINE WEIGHTS AND PRESSURE CREATING VISUAL INTEREST AND DEPTH.

CONDITION:
THE WORK IS PRESENTED IN ITS ORIGINAL FRAMED STATE WITHIN A BLACK-PAINTED WOODEN FRAME WITH GLASS PROTECTION. THE PAPER SUBSTRATE SHOWS AGE-APPROPRIATE DISCOLOURATION WITH SCATTERED FOXING SPOTS AND OVERALL YELLOWING. SURFACE DUST AND MINOR SOILING ARE PRESENT. A WHITE CORRECTION ELEMENT OR TAPE RESIDUE IS VISIBLE ACROSS THE UPPER PORTION OF THE COMPOSITION, CONSISTENT WITH STUDIO PRACTICE OR ARCHIVAL HANDLING. THE DRAWN IMAGE ITSELF REMAINS LEGIBLE WITH NO TEARS OR SIGNIFICANT LOSSES TO THE CHARCOAL OR GRAPHITE MEDIUM.

PROVENANCE:
THE WORK BEARS ARCHIVAL NOTATION 'NTII' ON THE FRAME BACKING, SUGGESTING INSTITUTIONAL OR COLLECTION CATALOGUING. THE ARTIST'S SIGNATURE AND DATE OF 1998 CONFIRM THE WORK'S CREATION DURING THE LATE 1990S MODERNIST PERIOD.

DIMENSIONS:
FRAMED DIMENSIONS APPROXIMATELY 35 CM HEIGHT × 28 CM WIDTH (FRAME EXTERIOR)

THIS DRAWING REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT EXAMPLE OF LATE 20TH-CENTURY MODERNIST PORTRAITURE, DEMONSTRATING THE ARTIST MOORE'S ENGAGEMENT WITH ABSTRACTED FIGURATION AND EXPRESSIVE DRAUGHTSMANSHIP CHARACTERISTIC OF 1990S CONTEMPORARY PRACTICE.

Condition: Fair - Refer To Images

293540+17

Location of item: 60 Marple Avenue, Villawood, NSW, Australia

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