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    • Assistant Nicole Wong and artist Louise Despont work on a new drawing in the artist’s home and studio (Fort Greene, Brooklyn, 02.14.14). Production still from the New York Close Up film Louise Despont Draws Deep. © Art21, Inc. 2014. Cinematography by Rafael Salazar.

    • Assistant Nicole Wong adds a hand-drawn grid to antique ledger book pages with colored pencil and a ruler to create Mediated Polarity and the Third Property (2014) in artist Louise Despont’s home and studio (Fort Greene, Brooklyn, 03.13.14). Production still from the New York Close Up film Louise Despont Draws Deep. © Art21, Inc. 2014. Cinematography by Rafael Salazar.

    • Artist Louise Despont draws with colored pencil and protractors to create Mediated Polarity and the Third Property (2014) on a desk in her home and studio (Fort Greene, Brooklyn, 03.13.14). Production still from the New York Close Up film Louise Despont Draws Deep. © Art21, Inc. 2014. Cinematography by Rafael Salazar.

    • Artist Louise Despont draws with mechanical pencil and architectural stencils on a desk in her home and studio (Fort Greene, Brooklyn, 03.13.14). Production still from the New York Close Up film Louise Despont Draws Deep. © Art21, Inc. 2014. Cinematography by Rafael Salazar.

    • Artist Louise Despont draws with mechanical pencil and architectural stencils at her home and studio (Fort Greene, Brooklyn, 03.13.14). Production still from the New York Close Up film Louise Despont Draws Deep. © Art21, Inc. 2014. Cinematography by Rafael Salazar.

    • Artist Louise Despont browses her collection of antique ledger books and earliest drawings on her kitchen table in her home and studio (Fort Greene, Brooklyn, 02.14.14). Production still from the New York Close Up film Louise Despont Draws Deep. © Art21, Inc. 2014. Cinematography by Rafael Salazar.

    • Artist Louise Despont browses her collection of antique ledger books and earliest drawings on her kitchen table in her home and studio (Fort Greene, Brooklyn, 02.14.14). Production still from the New York Close Up film Louise Despont Draws Deep. © Art21, Inc. 2014. Cinematography by Rafael Salazar.

    • Artist Louise Despont draws with a mechanical pencil and ruler to create Mediated Polarity and the Third Property (2014) on the floor of her home and studio (Fort Greene, Brooklyn, 02.14.14). Production still from the New York Close Up film Louise Despont Draws Deep. © Art21, Inc. 2014. Cinematography by Rafael Salazar.

    • Artist Louise Despont draws with a mechanical pencil and architectural stencil to create Mediated Polarity and the Third Property (2014) on the floor of her home and studio (Fort Greene, Brooklyn, 02.14.14). Production still from the New York Close Up film Louise Despont Draws Deep. © Art21, Inc. 2014. Cinematography by Rafael Salazar.

    • Artist Louise Despont arranges pages for the drawing Mediated Polarity and the Third Property (2014) on the floor of her home and studio (Fort Greene, Brooklyn, 03.13.14). Production still from the New York Close Up film Louise Despont Draws Deep. © Art21, Inc. 2014. Cinematography by Rafael Salazar.

    • Framer Anne Gibbs assembles individual pages of artist Louise Despont’s drawing Garden (2014) at White Mule Picture Frames (Chelsea, Manhattan, 04.28.14). Production still from the New York Close Up film Louise Despont Draws Deep. © Art21, Inc. 2014. Cinematography by Rafael Salazar.

    • Artist Louise Despont examines her drawing Garden (2014) at White Mule Picture Frames (Chelsea, Manhattan, 04.28.14). Production still from the New York Close Up film Louise Despont Draws Deep. © Art21, Inc. 2014. Cinematography by Rafael Salazar.

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