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These rather demure images were produced by the well known Mel Roberts (left) 

and Don Wight (right) who was also a talented artist who did erotic drawings.

 

Minimalist Day, Part 2 - The Line Drawings of Don Wright

 

Minimalist Day, Part 2 - The Line Drawings of Don Wright

Part 2 of our minimalist double feature consists of some line drawings by Don Wight.

The 1950's, Part 2 - Art by Don Wight

Don Emerson Wight (1924-1999) was best known as a fabric designer, but early in his career, he did a series of interesting male nudes.  These do not appear to be academic works and are generally dated to the 1950's, hence their inclusion today.  We start with one of two reclining nudes in my collection.

 

Instead of fully relaxing, the model in this Don Wight piece seems to be making an effort to stare directly at the artists.  Hopefully, my life model friend in London will comment on this.

 

The multi-angular line technique is this drawing is quite a contrast to most of Wight's work.

The modified "bulldog" pose is also rare for the 1950s.

 

Wight's line type drawings make me think he could have been inspired by Cocteau and/or Picasso.

 

This final image of a Don Wight work leaves me wondering if it was unfinished 

or if the three men's faces (and one upper torso) were done that way for effect.

 

1950's Day, Part 2 - the Male Nude Art of Don Wight

Don Emerson Wight (1924-1999) was an American artist who did quite a few male nude drawings and lithographs in the 1950's.  Today's art segment will feature his work, starting with this 

impressive young man looking past a newspaper with a cup of coffee standing by.

Pants around the ankles is not what I was expecting when I came across 

this Don Wight piece on a high end art resale website.

This somewhat faint drawing of a pensive young man is somehow engaging.

To call this Don Wight drawing from the 1950's advanced for its time is something of an understatement.  Wight was better known at that time as a fabric designer.

Don Wight did a number of simple line drawings of male nudes in the mid-1950's.

They remind me somewhat of similar work by Picasso from the 1930's.