This work by Peter Pinchbeck stands at the crossroads of a moment frozen in time and the unlimited potential of a work forever unfinished. Smudges and coffee stains on the work demonstrate how the artist and the work coexisted once as he worked through his ideas for this installation. Pinchbeck worked as both a painter and a sculptor with works like this blurring the line by being a painted plan for a future sculpture. Evidence for the existence of this sculpture as a completed work is missing from the record, but the painting provides the information for completion such as dimensions and color palate. Sketch for Large Scale Freestanding Color Planes, November 6, 1973 will forever represent both Pinchbeck’s past and an unfulfilled future.
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“I was initially drawn to the bright color in Pinchbeck’s work, but after viewing it in person, I was charmed by the small imperfections on the paper. It became charmingly evident to me that this work had lived in the studio with Pinchbeck and reflected this period in his life.”
– Annabelle Renshaw, co-curator, American University