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Cars Plunge and Lava Flows

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Ken Price, who died in 2012, is remembered as a sculptor, but he was also a talented illustrator—his ideal day, he once said, would be spent drawing while listening to jazz. More than forty of his drawings are on display through June 25 at Matthew Marks Gallery. “I’ve been drawing since I can remember,” Price said. “I think sculptors learn to draw so that they can see what they’ve been visualizing.”

Ken Price, Car Plunge, 1994, acrylic and ink on paper, 14″ x 11 1/4″.

 

Eruption and Lava Flow, 2003, acrylic and ink on paper, 8″ x 5 3/4″.

Interior, 1994, ink and colored pencil on paper, 20 3/8″ x 26″.

Ocean, 2004, acrylic and ink on paper, 12 1/2″ x 11″.

Sculpture, 1990, acrylic and ink on paper, 22 1/2″ x 30 1/8″.

Sculpture Studies, 2011, ink and colored pencil on paper, 9″ x 5 5/8″.

Specimens on Pillow Bases, 1965, graphite, acrylic, and colored pencil on paper 11 3/4″ x 12 3/4″.