Window

Inscriptions

Signed, in graphite, lower right: george Tooker; numbered, in graphite, lower left: 174/175

Label

We observe a couple through a window. Their sides press together as they gaze down at something outside. The softness of the shapes, lighting, and mark-making create a gentle atmosphere that, along with the couple’s posture, lends intimacy to the piece.

This work is part of Tooker’s Windows series, which captures the people Tooker witnessed through their open windows in Brooklyn, NY. The couple live their domestic life visible to the public of a city comfortably. The window fills the paper, emphasizing that both the window and the piece itself are the entirety of the view we have into their world.

From the 2023 exhibition A Space for Dialogue 113, On View: Windows in Art, curated by Leigh Smith '23, Erbe Intern

Course History

Studio Art 27.01/28.01/74.01, Printmaking I/II/III, Josh Dannin, Summer 2023

Space for Dialogue Gallery Talk: Windows in Art, Summer 2023

Exhibition History

A Space for Dialogue 113, On View: Windows in Art, Leigh Smith '23, Erbe Intern, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 1 - August 12, 2023.

Provenance

Chameleon Books, Inc., Chesterfield, Massachusetts; sold to present collection, 2000.

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