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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection CollectionNg Eng Teng Collection Object numberN1997-0001-036-0 TitleStudy of Guitar Player CreatorNg Eng Teng DescriptionNg Eng Teng has taken a sculptural approach in his drawing of a guitar player in action. He has analyzed the guitarist in terms of geometric forms taking his cue from Cezanne's dictum 'to treat nature by the cube, cone, cylinder and sphere'. The guitarist is caught in several poses, and in the language of Cubism, there is no observance of proper proportions and distance. He has created an intentional ambiguity by making the two front figures so much smaller thatn the huge one standing in between. The one in the top right hand corner is definitely behind the trio but on a different plane. Production date 1963 Object categoryDrawing MaterialCharcoal on Paper, Charcoal, Paper Dimensions H: 56 cm L: 38 cm Credit lineGift of Ng Eng Teng

Object numberN1997-0001-036-0

TitleStudy of Guitar Player

DescriptionNg Eng Teng has taken a sculptural approach in his drawing of a guitar player in action. He has analyzed the guitarist in terms of geometric forms taking his cue from Cezanne's dictum 'to treat nature by the cube, cone, cylinder and sphere'. The guitarist is caught in several poses, and in the language of Cubism, there is no observance of proper proportions and distance. He has created an intentional ambiguity by making the two front figures so much smaller thatn the huge one standing in between. The one in the top right hand corner is definitely behind the trio but on a different plane.

Production date 1963

Object categoryDrawing

MaterialCharcoal on Paper, Charcoal, Paper

Dimensions

H: 56 cm
L: 38 cm

Credit lineGift of Ng Eng Teng

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