The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Six Stairs
1995
(British, b. 1963)
Sheet: 59.5 x 84 cm (23 7/16 x 33 1/16 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2010.212
© Rachel Whiteread
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
Throughout the 1990s, Rachel Whiteread filled sketchbooks with drawings of stairs, blacked out postcards of cityscapes leaving only the steps floating in the darkness, and photographed stairs worn down with use.Description
Known primarily as a sculptor, Rachel Whiteread has long seen drawing as an important part of her three-dimensional work. This sheet relates to the artist's interest in stairs, which developed after she undertook a major project to take casts from the spaces within an entire house. To create this work, she painted with white-out, recalling her use of plaster, to present six floating staircases captured differently in space.- after 1995-2010(Gagosian Gallery, New York, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)2010-Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Rachel Whiteread: Drawings. Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (January 31 - April 25, 2010); Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas (May 22 - August 15, 2010); Tate Britain, London (September 8, 2010 - January 16, 2011).
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