Untitled Artist: Edward Renouf (American, 1906–1999)

1976

Prints and Drawings

By appointment, Duffy Study Room

From the exhibition Many Things Placed Here and There: The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection at the Yale University Art Gallery:


Edward Renouf met the Vogels through his daughter, Edda. He published a number of manifestos on his work, stating that his drawings use graphite or wax to “ap­proximate unbroken continuity,” visible in the elabo­rate, intertwining, allover pattern of this drawing. Despite his own careful analysis, Renouf suggested that the viewer “stop thinking about art” and instead “look at it and live it!”—an ideology that resonates with the Vogels’ approach to collecting. 

Medium

Graphite

Dimensions

sheet: 25 5/8 × 19 3/4 in. (65.1 × 50.1 cm)

Credit Line

The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States, a joint initiative of the Trustees of the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection and the National Gallery of Art, with generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Institute for Museum and Library Services

Accession Number

2009.67.36

Geography

Made in United States

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Drawings

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions 2009," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2009), 178
Object copyright
Not Assigned
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Marks

Verso LL in graphite: "98829"

Signed

Recto LR in graphite: "Renouf 76"

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