Box 1
Contains 4 Results:
Sketchbook 1, 1979-1982
Pen, ink and pencil sketches for sculptures, including many sketches of keyholes and cloud boxes, and pieces shown in 1994 at the Genovese Gallery in Boston, at the Sculpture Now gallery in NYC, and at an exhibit called "Hudson River Romance;" realistic sketches of squirrels; one detailed drawing of an amaryllis; two self portraits; line studies of female nudes; notes, with names, addresses, and phone numbers; text: "My 48th Year" and writing on avant-garde art and criticism.
Sketchbook 2, 1980
Preparatory sketches for sculptures; realistic sketches of a devil, wings, and shelves; several pages of "Comments and Commercials:" Grossberg's aphorisms about art, teaching and making art and the art world.
Sketchbook 3, 1981
Sketches for sculptures: one similar to Grossberg's 1973 piece, "Solstice" (p.63); a self portrait (p.51); a summer 1981 drawing of a tuberous begonia (p.57); a drawing titled ["Ephesian Diana"] (p.59), possibly a rendering of a statue of the Roman goddess of fertility of the same name; a series of ink drawings entitled "Spirit Message" (p.85-95); three poems (p.73-77); and a list of his goals for 1981 (p.1).
Sketchbook 4, 1981
Figure studies: primarily female nudes