Richard Artschwager John G. Hanhardt (1926–1996) and Isaac Sutton (1923–1995)

(1926–1996) and Isaac Sutton (1923–1995)

engaging with the verdant landscape

In his atmospheric images and objects

it incorporates the artist’s familiar Benday dot design—a reference to print media—in the form of small holes punched through one of the work’s layered metal planes

When standing close to it

Richard Artschwager John G. Hanhardt (1926–1996) and Isaac Sutton (1923–1995)This book was published on the occasion of the exhibition Richard Artschwager at Gagosian, Rome. The installation featured four piano sculptures created for the exhibition, along with Piano (1965)a formative sculpture on loan from the Castelli Collectionand three other defining works. In these, Artschwager investigated the structures of perception by creating sculptural versions of utilitarian furnishings using synthetic materials like Formica.