The Harvard Drawings

The Harvard Drawings are a series of drawings derived from books in the Harvard Library where Heide taught for a year (1995-1996). The books explored geology of the world and the changes of landmasses over time. Heide did drawings of Pangea and Gondawandaland and details of the same. She was interested in the Rorschach-like quality of these geographic shapes, and in-fact, several of the drawings from the series were also based on Rorschach tests.

These drawings were recently acquired by the de Young Museum, part of the Fine Arts Museums of San Fransisco.

Mercator, 1996, 20” x 15” – Graphite on Aquarelle Arches Paper

Mercator Projection II, 1996, 20” x 15” – Graphite on Aquarelle Arches Paper

Mercator Projection III, 1996, 20” x 15” – Graphite on Aquarelle Arches Paper

Mercator Projection IV, 1996, 20” x 15” – Graphite on Aquarelle Arches Paper

Double, 1995, 15” x 20” – Graphite on Aquarelle Arches Paper

Split, 1995, 15” x 20” – Graphite on Aquarelle Arches Paper

Symmetry, 1995, 15” x 20” – Graphite on Aquarelle Arches Paper

Asymetricality, 1995, 15” x 20” – Graphite on Aquarelle Arches Paper

Ink Dots, 1995, 15” x 20” – Graphite on Aquarelle Arches Paper

Rorschach (single) I, 1995, 15” x 20” – Graphite on Aquarelle Arches Paper

Rorschach (single) II, 1995, 15” x 20” – Graphite & Ink on Aquarelle Arches Paper

Foreign Exchange I, 1995, 15” x 20” – Graphite on Aquarelle Arches Paper (Conte Crayon)

Foreign Exchange II, 1995, 15” x 20” – Graphite on Aquarelle Arches Paper

Rorschach (double) VI, 1995, 20” x 30” – Graphite on Aquarelle Arches Paper

Rorschach (double) VII, 1995, 20” x 30” – Graphite & Ink on Aquarelle Arches Paper

Rorschach (double) VIII, 1995-1996, 20” x 30” – Graphite & Ink, on Aquarelle Arches Paper

Rorschach (double) IV, 1995, 40” x 15” – Graphite on Aquarelle Arches Paper

Rorschach (double) V, 1995, 40” x 15” – Graphite on Aquarelle Arches Paper

Pacific, 1995, 20” x 15” – Graphite on Aquarelle Arches Paper

Pangea II 1995, 20” x 15” – Graphite on Aquarelle Arches Paper

Atlantic II, 1995, 20” x 15” – Graphite on Aquarelle Arches Paper

Atlantic, 1995, 20” x 15” – Graphite on Aquarelle Arches Paper

Archipelago, 1995, 20” x 15” – Graphite on Aquarelle Arches Paper

Mercators Projection, 1995, 20” x 15” – Graphite on Aquarelle Arches Paper

Isthmus, 1995, 20” x 15” – Graphite on Aquarelle Arches Paper

Geographica, 1995, 20” x 15” – Graphite on Aquarelle Arches Paper

Lemuria, 1995, 20” x 15” – Graphite on Aquarelle Arches Paper

Encounter, 1995, 20” x 15” – Graphite on Aquarelle Arches Paper

Continental Divide, 1995, 15” x 20” – Graphite on Aquarelle Arches PaperContinental Divide, 1995, 15” x 20” – Graphite on Aquarelle Arches Paper

Gondawanda, 1995, 15” x 20” – Graphite on Aquarelle Arches Paper

Panacea I, 1995, 20” x 15” – Graphite on Aquarelle Arches Paper

Continental Drift, 1995, 15” x 20” – Graphite on Aquarelle Arches Paper

Continent, 1995, 15” x 20” – Graphite on Aquarelle Arches Paper

Rorschach (double) I, 1996, 40” x 15” – Graphite on Aquarelle Arches Paper

Rorschach (double) II, 1996, 40” x 15” – Graphite on Aquarelle Arches Paper

Rorschach (double) III, 1995, 29” x 20” – Graphite & Ink on Aquarelle Arches Paper