Frank Auerbach
Head of J.Y.M. 1984
Charcoal on paper
78.7 x 71.1cm
Head of Catherine Lampert
IV. 1980.
Chalk and charcoal on paper
77.2 x 58.4cm
Leon Kossoff 'drawing is not a mysterious activity. Drawing is making an image which expresses commitment and involvement. This only comes about after endless activity before the model or subject, rejecting time and time again ideas which are possible to preconceive. And, whether by scraping off or by running down, it is always beginning again, making new images, destroying images that lie, discarding images that are dead.'
He draws, erases and re-works his drawings. It shows how complex his drawings really are by the variety of marks and their different weights and rhythms built up.
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