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Swarm
199120th Century
29 1/2 in. x 41 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:
2009.11.29
Original Inventory Number WM-052/379
Completed only months before Sillman’s death from cancer, Swarm is the latest work on view. In it, he moves swiftly from one of the deepest blacks that can be obtained by watercolor, essentially a medium of transparent washes, to a nearly invisible wash in the lightest band. As he layers one set of fl®®ches over another, sharp black points slice across his skillful gradations.
Completed only months before Sillman’s death from cancer, Swarm is the latest work on view. In it, he moves swiftly from one of the deepest blacks that can be obtained by watercolor, essentially a medium of transparent washes, to a nearly invisible wash in the lightest band. As he layers one set of fl®®ches over another, sharp black points slice across his skillful gradations.
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