| Maker(s): | Sorman, Steven | | Culture: | American (1948 - )
| | Title: | a letter from Matisse
| | Date Made: | 1982
| | Type: | Print
| | Materials: | lithograph, collage, monotype, and wood stamp on Japanese etching paper
| | Place Made: | United States
| | Measurements: | sheet: 36 1/2 in x 23 7/8 in; 92.7 cm x 60.6 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | Title, date, signature in pencil written on the bottom half of the work, recto and centered: the letter from matisse 1982 c+p Steven Sorman. Red stamp above signature.
| | Accession Number: | SC 2014.60.30
| | Credit Line: | Gift of Steven Sorman in memory of Shelley Ross, class of 1968, and in honor of Sally Brody, class of 1954, and Janice Oresman, class of 1955
| | Museum Collection: | Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
Abstracted work. Bottom half features intersecting triangular shapes in blue and yellow brushstrokes. Along the bottom edge is a band of darker blue brushstrokes. Stamped in a regular pattern are black leaves. Top half is a second piece of paper covered in blue and navy blue brushstrokes, and to the right the negative space is shaped like a wooden chair. Sandwiched between the bottom sheet and the top sheet is a small green stencil of the leaf pattern. A sketchy red outline of a rectangle has been drawn above all, inside of which are two red stars,
Subjects:
Collage; Etching; Lithography Link to share this object record:
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