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Dawn Clements

BED

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Dawn Clements (American, 1958-2018), (former RISD faculty, Experimental and Foundation Studies)

Title

BED

Year

2004

Medium

  • Ballpoint pen and ink on paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Ballpoint pen and ink on paper

Dimensions

Frame: 138 x 148.3 x 6.8 cm (54 5/16 x 58 3/8 x 2 11/16 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Judi Roaman and Carla Chammas

Object Number

2020.81

Type

  • Drawings and Watercolors

Exhibition History

Perception and Presence in Contemporary Drawing
Mar 05, 2022 – Sep 11, 2022

Label copy

Creased, seamed, and accompanied by lists and notations, this drawing conveys a sense of intimacy. A range of motifs is visible, from plant and animal patterns to the ordinary-looking home that repeats a few times throughout the sheet. Clements’s notes further allow a glimpse into her thinking, including the inscription at center right: “I even knew she wouldn’t come the first night but I sat there, grinding it out . . . and then she walked in out of the moonlight.” Fractured into multiple lines of thought, the drawing seems to reveal-however opaquely-an inner monologue.

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Dawn Clements (American, 1958-2018)
BED, 2004
Ballpoint pen and ink on paper
Frame: 138 x 148.3 x 6.8 cm (54 5/16 x 58 3/8 x 2 11/16 inches)
Gift of Judi Roaman and Carla Chammas 2020.81

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