Table 1935 - 1942

Frank Wenger made this drawing of a table, we don't know when, and with what, though it looks like ink or watercolour. The way Wenger uses color is really lovely; they build up the image gradually, like how a table is built. See how they use the transparency of the medium? It's as though the table is not just sitting there, but breathing. The surface catches the light, and that light seems to spill onto the floor. Look at how each of the legs is fixed with those sort of bobbin-shaped fixings, like a childs toy. It gives the image a very intimate quality, like we are seeing a well loved possession. It reminds me a bit of Agnes Martin, where the process is as much a part of the work as the finished product. It's this sense of touch that makes it so inviting, this careful work by Wenger.