Sketchbook 2, Image 8

Sketchbook 2, Image 8

This image is especially interesting as it is one of the few sketches that do not seem to take their inspiration from nature, but more so from the concept of a previously existing artwork. In a sense, this is the intellectual precursor to the art of collage. Through the interpolation of stylistic elements, Parsons is choosing to create a simulacrum of a previously existing image or style. In much the same way, collage is the physical interpolation of these images as they exist in a new context, thus creating a simulacrum.

Eunice Parsons

Eunice Parsons Papers

1958-1960

8.5" x 10.5"