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Suspended
May 14-16, 197920th Century
18 in. x 23 3/4 in.
Sewell Sillman, American, (1921–1992)
Object Type:
Work on Paper
Medium and Support:
watercolor on paper
Credit Line:
Florence Griswold Museum; Gift of the Sewell Sillman Foundation
Accession Number:
2009.11.8
Original Inventory Number: WS-011/179
The rectangular framework surrounding the two orbs in Suspended recalls the compositions favored by Sillman in his color block paintings such as Water Gate, on view in the first gallery. His ability to create color illusions that can convince the viewer that two different colors are actually the same (and the reverse, tricking the eye and mind into seeing a single color when in reality two are present) turns this painting into a puzzle. How many yellows and how many greens are actually at play here?
The rectangular framework surrounding the two orbs in Suspended recalls the compositions favored by Sillman in his color block paintings such as Water Gate, on view in the first gallery. His ability to create color illusions that can convince the viewer that two different colors are actually the same (and the reverse, tricking the eye and mind into seeing a single color when in reality two are present) turns this painting into a puzzle. How many yellows and how many greens are actually at play here?
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Dimensions
- image only Dimensions: 18 x 23 3/4 in.