Kenneth J. Hale recently donated 115 drawings that he completed between 1973 and 1996. These watercolor, gouache, graphite, charcoal, ink, and collage drawings often correspond to prints that he created during those same years. In many cases the iconography that Hale invents slowly shifts as he exhausts one set of signs and symbols and invents another. The images reproduced below reflect on the relationship between his drawings and prints as well as the evolution of his imagery. In drawings like Untitled, 1990, #5, 1993, 5.22.93, 1993 several of the icons create a tapestry from which individual works are drawn. Hale pursues his images and ideas in a variety of formats and relationships, remaining ready to shift toward alternative solutions or return to older, familiar imagery.
~Michael Glenn
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- 1979, 1979; Ink, watercolor; Image: 170 mm x 375 mm
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- Red Devil, 1979; Lithograph, relief; Image: 466 mm x 209 mm
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- 10.24.84, 1984; Graphite; Image: 334 mm x 70 mm
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- Notes II, 1985; Intaglio; Image: 271 mm x 357 mm
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- No. 3, 1985; ink; Image: 342 mm x 245 mm
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- Prey #2, 1986; Lithograph; Image: 290 mm x 405 mm
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- No. 4, 1985; Ink; Image: 342 mm x 245 mm
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- Prey #3, 1986; Lithograph; Image: 298 mm x 404 mm
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- No. 1, 1985; Ink; Image: 315 mm x 253 mm
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- Prey #5, 1986; Lithograph; Image: 295 mm x 400 mm
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- 11.7.85, 1985; Collage, lithograph, woodcut; Image: 154 mm x 229 mm
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- Minus, 1986; Lithograph; Image: 662 mm x 865 mm
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- 25.86, 1986; Lithograph, colored pencil; Image: 123 mm x 100 mm
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- Solitude, 1987; Lithograph, linoleum relief; Image: 714 mm x 860 mm
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- Madrid, 1986; graphite; Image: 305 mm x 228 mm
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- Untitled, 1986; Etching; Image: 492 mm x 643 mm
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- 14 Spheres #2, 1989; Charcoal, watercolor, graphite; Image: 810 mm x 1015 mm
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- Two Chairs, 1989; Lithograph, linocut; Image: 758 mm x 1046 mm
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- Untitled, 1990; Charcoal, graphite, collage, watercolor; Image: 805 mm x 1015 mm
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- Notes, 1991; Lithograph, relief, chine colle; Image: 750 mm x 1061 mm
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- Notes, 1991; Lithograph, Relief; Image: 744 mm x 1055 mm
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- Untitled, 1991; charcoal; Image: 380 mm x 280 mm
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- Coffee, 1991; Lithograph; Image: 256 mm x 305 mm
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- Casa, 1992; Lithograph, Relief; Image: 185 mm x 222 mm
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- #5, 1993; Ink; Image: 304 mm x 254 mm
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- Candle Light, 1992; Lithograph, Intaglio, chine colle; Image: 601 mm x 778 mm
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- Summer, 1995; Lithograph, relief, collaged archival copy; Image: 383 mm x 457 mm
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- Fruit, 1997; Lithograph, Relief; Image: 293 mm x 345 mm
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- Winter, 1995; Lithograph, relief, collaged archival copy; Image: 380 mm x 454 mm
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- Untitled, 1993; Watercolor, graphite, collage; Image: 307 mm x 254 mm
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- Anniversary Notes, 1993; Monoprint, Lithograph, Relief; Image: 559 mm x 775 mm
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- 5.22.93, 1993; Watercolor, graphite, collage; Image: 312 mm x 255 mm
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- Iowa Notes, 1993; Monoprint, lithograph, relief; Image: 660 mm x 885 mm
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- House of Tears, 1993; pastel; Image: 555 mm x 385 mm
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- House of Tears, 1995; Lithograph, Relief; Image: 381 mm x 565 mm
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- Untitled, 1995; Graphite, gouache ; Image: 227 mm x 151 mm
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- Red Notes/Blue House, 1994; Lithograph; Image: 710 mm x 900 mm
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- House, 1997; Lithograph, relief; Image: 292 mm x 343 mm
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- Untitled, 1996; Graphite, watercolor, colored pencil, collage; Image: 201 mm x 319 mm
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- Journey Home, 1996; Lithograph; Image: 564 mm x 382 mm
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