For all the clarity and assurance of Perehudoff’s work, it is plain that remaining alert to possibilities that arise in the course of working has been a fundamental part of his practice. Until his later years, he usually explored these implications of a given picture in the ones that followed but, especially in the 1990s, he often tested possibilities in intimate studies on paper, rapidly noting themes and variations, sometimes on a single page, Untitled (multiple sketches) (1990s), a host of pictorial ideas in acrylic, watercolour, or pastel in an unstoppable outpouring of invention.
- excerpt from William Perehudoff: The Evolution of an Artist, by Karen Wilkin
William Perehudoff
Untitled (abstract study AP-90s-005), c. 1990s
acrylic on paper
17.8 x 25.4 cm
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William Perehudoff
Untitled (abstract study, AR-90s-004), c. 1990s
acrylic on paper
12.5 x 17.5 cm
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William Perehudoff
Untitled (abstract study, AR-71), c. 1990s
oil pastel on paper
15.1 x 20.1 cm
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William Perehudoff
Untitled (abstract study, AR-75), c. 1990s
oil pastel on paper
22.7 x 15.4 cm
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