- Catalogue Raisonné #:
- 1971.18
- Title:
- Work from Instructions
- Medium:
- Set of ten lithographs
- Date:
- 1971
- Image Size:
- 23.5 × 20 inches (59.7 × 50.8 cm)
- Paper Size:
- 28 × 28 inches (71.1 × 71.1 cm)
- Type of Paper:
- Wove
- Edition Size:
- Edition of 25, 5 AP, 1 TP
- Signature:
- Signed lower right and numbered lower left
- Publisher:
- Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD)
- Printer:
- J. Wallace Brannen, Robert Rogers, Doug Waterman; Draftsmen: Richards Jarden, Bill Power, Ellison Robertson, Susan Paquette, Jon Young, Al McNamara and Tim Zuck, Lithography Workshop, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD)
- Additional Info:
Previously catalogued as L-08
Directions:
Plate 1. Within a twenty inch square area, using a black, hard crayon, draw ten thousand freehand lines, of any length, at random.
Plate 2. Within a twenty inch square area, using a black, hard crayon, draw ten thousand straight lines, of any length, at random.
Plate 3. Using a black, hard crayon draw a straight line of any length. From any point on that line draw another line perpendicular to the first. From any point on the second line draw another line perpendicular to that line. Repeat this procedure.
Plate 4. Using a black, hard crayon, draw four contigious ten inch squares, forming one twenty inch square, divided into quarters. Within the first square (upper left) draw one line, one inch long. Within the second square (upper right) draw ten lines, each one inch long. Within the third square (lower left) draw one hundred lines, each one inch long. Within the fourth square (lower right) draw one thousand lines, each one inch long. All lines should be drawn at random, and straight.
Plate 5. Using a black, hard crayon draw a tewenty inch square. Divide this sqaure into one inch squares. Within each one inch square, draw nothing or a freehand line or lines.
Plate 6. Using a black, hard crayon draw a twenty inch square. Divide this square into one inch squares. Within each one inch square, draw nothing, or draw a diagonal straight line from corner to corner, or two crossing straight lines diagonally from corner to corner.
Plate 7. Using a black, hard crayon, put fifty small dots, at random, over the surface of the stone. Then connect each dot with a straight line.
Plate 8. Using a black, hard crayon, put fifty small dots, at random, over the surface of the stone. Then connect each dot with a straight line. Print the result in four colors (yellow, black, red and blue) by turning the stone a quarter for each color.
Plate 9. Within a twenty inch square area, using a black, hard crayon, draw ten thousand straight lines of any length, at random. Print this in four colors (black, red, blue and yellow) by turning the stone a quarter turn for each color.
Plate 10. Within a twenty inch square, using a black, hard crayon, draw ten thousand freehand lines, of any length, at random. Print this in four colors (black, red, blue and yellow) by turning the stone a quarter turn for each color.
