This collage was part of works completed in conjunction with Ferro’s Guggenheim Fellowship in 1972.

In his notes, Ferro said, “this piece I slaved on-decided to mount it on plastic, then painted top passage… I collaged over it and worked on it until it responded…It also serves to prove what I am doing is not abstracting-indeed it is a very calculating and precise developing of the surface that is the heart of the effort.I am using fragile paper as well-avoiding the effete look that can trap the eye into believing some little old lady is indulging in a hobby.”