Equivalents, 1970
Enamel over grid silkscreened onto baked enamel on steel plates
295 x 64 cm
Collection Robert Magoon

Bartlett's paintings were made on one-foot-square steel plates enameled white by a company that usually works on household appliances. The steel squares were then silk-screened with a grid, producing a durable version of graph paper. For the dots, here randomly arranged on one plate and in an orderly row on its 'pair', she used Testors brand enamel paint, intended for use on model cars and airplanes. She limited her palette to six colors: white, yellow, red, blue, green and black. Colours she has said she would expect to see in a child's box of crayons and that she applies in that order.