Drawing for SAM’s Silver Service Commission

Drawing for SAM’s Silver Service Commission

2008

American, born 1936

"I constantly relate my drawing and my two-dimensional skill of engraving and chasing to three-dimensional form….The drawing is a point of departure, but a craftsman should always listen to the metal as he works it. I am fascinated by what can happen to a surface that brings out another aspect of drawing. Lines, whether they’re put down with a pencil, a chasing tool or an engraving tool, play with the eye and allow the eye to dart in and out. What’s especially nice with metal is that you can engrave a line into the piece of metal and then light makes it." (John Marshall, 1990-1991)

Color pencil, pencil, dry marker, water color, tempera paint

Guendolen Carkeek Plestcheeff Endowment for the Decorative Arts

2009.37.8

Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Not currently on view

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