Sand Drawing No. 24
1973 · Lithograph in silver, silver-gray, and black on white wove paper
Image: 51.1 × 38.2 cm (20 1/8 × 15 1/16 in.); Sheet: 76.5 × 63.5 cm (30 1/8 × 25 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago
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David Ligare
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PrintmakingRealismContemporaryFiguration
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6
Works in Collection
10
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- • Realism
- • Contemporary
- • Figuration
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Some American Drawings: Recent Acquisitions
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1976
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David Ligare is an American painter born in 1945 whose practice centers on classical still life and landscape traditions rendered with meticulous realism and restrained color. Working primarily in oil, he constructs compositions that emphasize formal geometry and the subtle modulation of light across carefully arranged objects and natural forms. His approach reflects a deliberate engagement with postwar figuration and the revival of classical subjects within contemporary practice.
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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Art Institute of Chicago
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