A technique that involves rubbing pencil, graphite, chalk, crayon, or another medium onto a sheet of paper that has been placed on top of a textured object or surface. The process causes the raised portions of the surface below to be translated to the sheet. The term is derived from the French frotter, which means “to rub.”
Frottage
8 examples
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Christian Rohlfs Large Heads (2 Heads I) [Grosse Köpfe (2 Köpfe I)] (1921), dated 1933
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Max Ernst Forest and Sun 1931
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Sari Dienes Soho Sidewalk c. 1953–55
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Sari Dienes Tomb c. 1953–54
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Robert Indiana The American Hay Company 1962
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Louise Bourgeois Whitney Murders 1978
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Gabriel Orozco XRTC 4 1996
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Mona Hatoum Untitled (panhandled colander) 2000