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n.d.20th Century
17 in. x 17 in.
Sewell Sillman, American, (1921–1992)
Object Type:
Work on Paper
Medium and Support:
Silver Scratchboard
Credit Line:
Florence Griswold Museum; Gift of the Sewell Sillman Foundation
Accession Number:
2009.11.6
Original Inventory Number: S-019/058
Sillman experimented with scratchboards beginning in the 1960s. Scratchboards, which typically consist of an illustration board coated in a black clay?like substance, are cut into with a tool. Sillman’s delicate lines on this rare metallic example gently distort the picture plane with a rhythmic pattern. The artist used silver only rarely, but those few works are among his finest.
Sillman experimented with scratchboards beginning in the 1960s. Scratchboards, which typically consist of an illustration board coated in a black clay?like substance, are cut into with a tool. Sillman’s delicate lines on this rare metallic example gently distort the picture plane with a rhythmic pattern. The artist used silver only rarely, but those few works are among his finest.
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