Accession Number
1986/1.180

Title
#3

Artist(s)
Donati, Enri

Artist Nationality
American (North American)

Object Creation Date
1955

Medium & Support
ink and dust on thick wove paper

Dimensions
24 in x 18 3/4 in (60.96 cm x 47.63 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of the Betty Parsons Foundation

Subject matter
In the early 1950s, Donati experimented with texture and color by adding dirt to his pigments. Although this piece is black and white, the artist's careful manipulation of the medium created variation on the paper that implies texture and dimensionality. Donati was born in Italy but moved to New York in 1940 after a period in Paris, and was considered a highly influential member of the Surrealist movement—although this work shows an affinity with Abstract Expressionism.

Physical Description
This drawing has an abstract composition in black ink. A thick, dark band outlines an amebous shape. Different textures and lines appear throughout the shape. The title is signed and dated (l.r.) "donati 1955". 

Primary Object Classification
Drawing

Additional Object Classification(s)
Painting

Collection Area
Modern and Contemporary

Rights
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Keywords
Abstract (fine arts style)
Surrealist
abstraction
modern and contemporary art
monochrome
texture (artistic concept)