I’d love to check out this sketchbook, either the real thing or the facsimile!

Known as an abstract painter for his bold use of gridded color swatches, Stanley Whitney crowds his drawings with an abundance of line, as seen in his September-October exhibition of drawings at Lisson Gallery in Chelsea.

The exhibition began with a vitrine of his sketchbooks. Some lay closed in the display case, and though some were open, the content of these books, privileged in their placement in the gallery space, remained largely unknowable.

In order to mitigate this lacuna, Lisson has published a facsimile of one of these sketchbooks. Mimicking the feel and texture of a sketchbook, the book is flimsy, with a black thread-bound soft cover bearing only the artist’s signature.

Read more at: Stanley Whitney: Sketchbook | The Brooklyn Rail