Lee Lozano, Clarification Piece (1969)

Lee Lozano, Clarification Piece

1969. Carbon paper transfer with ballpoint pen and colored pencil on paper, 11 x 8” (27.9 x 20.3 cm). The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift (purchase, and gift, in part, of The Eileen and Michael Cohen Collection). © 2009 Estate of Lee Lozano

Museum of Modern Art, New York, Accession # TR12112.1237

What stood out for me here were the words “All write-ups of pieces are drawings,” suggesting the continuum of writing and drawing that lies at the heart of so much language-based art work.