Four large black-and-white works on paper, never exhibited, by one of the more singular Conceptualists of the last 25 years.
The black-and-white works are especially noteworthy.
Although color is a noticeable feature, the strongest impact is made by a cluster of black-and-white works.
But his paintings are also exquisitely elegant, as this nicely installed nine-piece show of black-and-white works on paper and canvas shows.
But there are many less famous early drawings from the 1940's, as well as the first hand-painted black-and-white works depicting common objects of the 1960's.
These exhibitions also indicate that her use of color grew naturally, if warily, out of the black-and-white works.
De Kooning's black-and-white works of the late 1940's are among the most sought-after of all postwar American paintings.
The carpet gives the mostly black-and-white works by more than 30 artists a noticeable sparkle that proceeds to show its teeth.
Most successful is a room of all black-and-white works on paper, where a haunting, nocturnal rooftop scene by Ward Davenny stands out.
Almost all the black-and-white works are presented in a diptych-like format, approximately 22 by 44 inches, of photograph and text.