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cation with a composite street character, which Pat, Nude, Seated, from Behind
1959
may be taken as making myself a drawing. Crayon 13 ⅝ x 10 in.
Summer of 1960 was spent in Provincetown, Coll: The artist
Mass., intended as an obliteration by non- 3
Ray Gun Poster 1961
city nature of my involvement with the city Sprayed oil wash on torn paper
24 x 18 in.
street. I took a job dishwashing, which con-
Coll: The artist
tributed much to the techniques and subject 4
Proposed Colossal Monument for
matter which were to follow in 'The Store'.
Grand Army Plaza, New York:
Drawings done in Provincetown were Baked Potato 1965
`souvenirs', or 'postcards', using the rect- Crayon and watercolour
18 x 24 in.
angular form of the American flag, which Coll : Mr & Mrs Ira Licht, N.Y.
seemed an appropriate subject for a town so 5
Study for Bed with Bedtables—
focussed on the commercialization of patriot- Bedroom Ensemble 1963
ism and history. The topography, colour and Chalk and spray enamel
26½ x 41 in.
texture of the environment were referred to in Coll: Dr Hubert Peeters,
the choice of cardboard and certain other Bruges
kinds of paper and driftwood. The silhouettes 6
Proposed Colossal Monument for
of the dunes appear in the irregular stripes of Thames River: Thames Ball 1967
Crayon, ink and watercolour
some 'flags'.
on postcard 3½ X 5½ in.
The drawings of this period were grey and Coll: Carroll Janis, N.Y.
brown and black, and the bleached colours
of Provincetown. On my return to New York,
the use of a line and neutral colour had
reached a point of satiety and mannerism.
I began to add colour, stimulated by look-
ing at shop windows. Another impetus to
colour was the commission to design costumes
for the Aileen Passloff Dance Company, and
the consequent exposure to clothing. Also, the
flag subject provided a point of transfer from
neutrals to full colour, and from cardboard to
fabric. The first constructions of this period