About the work

Horia Damian was renowned for his exploration of very few themes in extraordinary depth. Thomas Messer, the Director of the Guggenheim, wrote that Damian’s work is concerned with the intuition of an extra-terrestrial spatial order. Messer’s description may be difficult to understand, but Damian’s work can be enjoyed precisely because it does not actually require understanding. His work is about geometry, but a geometry that is not rigid. He balances the orderliness of geography with a sensitive and painterly mode. The beauty of his abstractions is their ability to suggest so much.

This work—Galaxy 3—is a drawing in pencil, not a print, plainly requiring extraordinary patience and detail in the making. His detailed, crisp drawing forming a sensuous image is a joy to view.

Attributes	Value
Medium	Drawing on paper, Graphite, Pencil or Charcoal on Paper
Date	1970-1980
Signing, Dating, and Titling	Signed and Dated by the artist en recto on bottom
Framing	Custom framed and matted using conservation materials
Condition	Excellent Condition
Type	Drawing

Medium:

Graphite and mixed media on wove paper.

Date:

1974

Signature:

Hand-signed and dated in pencil by the artist en recto lower left.

Framing:

Beautifully framed in a hand-made Robert Kulicke aluminum frame with forged, seamless corners, with new acid-free matboard and UV-protective plexiglass and the rear is protected by a panel of Coroplast.

Condition:

Excellent condition, without damage or flaw except for some surface dirt and stray pencil marks, apparently by the artist.

Framed Size:

31.25 in. (h) x 44.25 in. (w) x 1 in. (d)

Sheet Size:

23 in. (h) x 43.5 in. (w)

Image Size:

4.5 in. (h) x 20 in. (w) (disregarding the faint pencil border around the perimeter)