Inge in Bed
About this artwork
Alasdair Gray married Inge Sorenson in 1961. Portraiture is a common theme in Gray’s work and he habitually draws those around him. Inge featured in his work many times during their marriage, which ended in 1970. This tender image of Inge reading on a bed-settee was completed around 3 November when the couple married. The sheets are pulled right up to her chin and Gray has rendered the detail of the patterned pillow case and her t-shirt along with the book cover and headboard. Such tightly detailed areas are complimented by the large blocks of neutral surface, a common, illustrative aspect of Gray’s work.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Alasdair Gray (1935 - 2019) Scottish
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title:Inge in Bed
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date created:1961
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materials:Biro on paper
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measurements:(framed: 59.00 x 72.90 x 2.70 cm)
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 2011
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accession number:GMA 5139
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gallery:
Alasdair Gray
Alasdair Gray
The visual arts were central to Alasdair Gray’s life, but he achieved recognition first and foremost as a writer. He originally studied at Glasgow School of Art (GSA), from 1952-57, and it was whilst there he began to write sections of what would later become his most critically acclaimed novel,...
