Untitled
Artist
Bernice Bing
(American, 1936 - 1998)
Place of OriginSan Francisco, California, United States
Date1963
CultureAsian American, American, woman artist, queer artist, Chinese American, Chinese diaspora
MaterialsInk on paper
DimensionsH. 10 3/4 in × W. 14 in, H. 27.3 cm × W. 35.6 cm
Image: H. 14 in × W. 18 in, H. 35.6 cm × W. 45.7 cm
Image: H. 14 in × W. 18 in, H. 35.6 cm × W. 45.7 cm
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2022.8
DepartmentContemporary Art
ClassificationsPrints And Drawings
On View
Not on viewNine never-before-seen ink drawings from early in Bing’s career illuminate her deep connections to Bay Area art from that period. They include several figure drawings from 1959, the year when Bing began her graduate study at the California School of Fine Arts with teachers including Elmer Bischoff and Frank Lobdell. Their figure drawings are well known; Bing’s little-known drawings are a welcome addition to the Bay Area canon of figure studies. Her drawings begin as figurative imagery and incorporate both fine quill lines and brushy washes, but several quickly become more abstract compositions—akin to her oil paintings that straddle representational and abstract space.
