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Desmond Heeley

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Desmond Heeley
Doors and Altar, from Norma
1970
Ink on paper.
11 1/16 x 13 15/16 inches (28.1 x 35.4 cm)
Gift of Wiliam J. Schneider.
2019.29
Inscription: 

Top right: "Possible that the doors and the altar be the only border decorative thing on stage - the rest decoy. Metal? / The steps down could be ranged [arrows pointing at drawing of stairs] This, Not this / The doors fading crumbling filigree + flaking bronze/metal/? Not gold. / Coloured marble cracked + splintering."

Provenance: 
William J. Schneider, New York.
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Artist page: 
Heeley, Desmond
Century: 
20th century
Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Modern and Contemporary Drawings