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Fifteenth Stone 1980 carries a single dark form that sits low in the picture, its edges softened by rubbed charcoal and faint white lines. Lee Bontecou worked with welded metal and canvas in her sculpture, and her drawings often share that heavy, held shape.

The framed poster comes with a black frame, and the dark edge holds the shadowy form steady against the pale ground. A wood frame would warm the greys; black keeps them cool.

In a study, the framed poster hangs beside a desk lamp. You notice the stone shape first, then the thin lines that cut across it.