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Anatomies

These highly finished drawings express the emotional power claiming to be drawn from observation. In fact, the face
and physicality of the head and neck. Newsome's eerily is one of the hardest parts to dissect. Delicate muscles are
shadowed form is smooth and bears a linear grain evocative integrated with the skin and fat that is to be removed.
of w o o d . It floats in space, solid above and almost hollow Nerves, blood vessels, and glands also complicate form.
below. Psychological drama is contained behind a grid, while This is a marvelous interpretation of the truth. The real
white painted flecks and wisps suggest electrical illumination. dissection would have been far more complex, confusing,
distorted, and unpleasant to see. Anatomically, Durelli has
The style of Durelli's drawing opposite sings with the made a few minor mistakes, but they are irrelevant here.
confidence of truth and precision, its highly clarified detail

VICTOR NEWSOME Contrasts Sharp, dark lines made with a pencil appear Profile Head
against smooth, dark tones of graphite blended into the paper,
British sculptor painter and draftsman. Newsome perhaps using a tortillon. Highlights of white gouache were 1982
was awarded the Prix de Rome in 1960, taught at applied late in the making, using a fine and relatively dry
numerous British art schools from 1962-77, brush. This is one of a number of similar disembodied female 13 x 181/8 in (328 x 460 mm)
continues to exhibit regularly, and has works in heads seen behind, or defined by, the contours of a grid.
major collections including the Tate Gallery, London. VICTOR NEWSOME