PLACES

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Mixed Metaphor, 2015

Oil on canvas

64" x 46" (163 cm x 117 cm)

Catalog Number: 7.010.00
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The Eight-hundred pound Gorilla or The Elephant in the Room.

Gavotte, 2015

Oil on canvas

64" x 40" (163 cm x 102 cm)

Catalog Number: 7.011.00
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Open I, 2014

Acrylic on paper

8.5" x 11." (22 cm x 28 cm)

Catalog Number: 7.231.00
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Botanica, 2014

Acrylic on paper

11" x 8" (28 cm x 22 cm)

Catalog Number: 7.233.00
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Schoolyard, 2014

Acrylic on paper

11" x 8.5" (28 cm x 22 cm)

Catalog Number: 7.230.00
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L'heure bleue II, 2014

Acrylic on paper

8.5" x 11" (22 cm x 28 cm)

Catalog Number: 7.228.02
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L'heure bleue III, 2014

Acrylic on paper

8.5" x 11" (22 cm x 28 cm)

Catalog Number: 7.228.03
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L'heure bleue I, 2014

Acrylic on paper

8.5" x 11" (22 cm x 28 cm)

Catalog Number: 7.228.01
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Convergence, 2010

Oil on canvas

48" x 64" (117 cm x 163 cm)

Catalog Number: 7.002.00
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A street in Chelsea, early evening; the title derives from Carson McCullers' story Everything That Rises Must Converge. In classical perspective, this is true; in reality, however, everything on the globe actually diverges.

Going Home, 2015

Oil on canvas

64" x 46" (163 cm x 117 cm)

Catalog Number: 7.003.00
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Bright Street, 2014

Oil on canvas

42" x 30" (107 cm x 76 cm)

Catalog Number: 7.004.00
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Curvature, 2010

Oil on canvas

64" x 46" (163 cm x 117 cm)

Catalog Number: 7.005.00
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The subject of this piece is the very slightly curved curb bisecting the picture, reminding us that the building (the Hirshhorn Museum) is not rectilinear like everythng else that surrounds it.

Inside Out, 2010

Oil on canvas

64" x 46" (163 cm x 117 cm)

Catalog Number: 7.006.00
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Picture Plane, 2010

Oil on canvas

50" x 48" (127 cm x 122 cm)

Catalog Number: 7.007.00
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The original title of this painting was "The West Side Highway" which can be seen reflected in the center. The new title more accurately reflects what the picture is about.

1/18

A collection of fairly complicated landscapes: some ambitious oils on canvas and some small watercolor studies (presumably a preamble to some more ambitious oils on canvas.)

The night scenes and the "transparent" scenes are equally challenging in their own ways not only for the artist, but for the viewer as well.

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Places | City Streets: Night Scenes & Reflections

Places | Works on Paper

Parapluie, 2014

Acrylic & graphite on paper

22.4" x 30" (57 cm x 76 cm)

Catalog Number: 7.221.00
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A street scene in Antwerp, showing the characteristic white Flemish sky and rain reflections in the sidewalk.

Scheldt, 2014

Acrylic on paper

22.25" x 29.9" (57 cm x 76 cm)

Catalog Number: 7.220.00
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A look at the extreme verticality possible in a harbor scene, with a receding shoreline disappearing into the far distance.

Study for Yoyo, 2009

Watercolor & graphite on paper

26" x 40" (66 cm x 102 cm)

Catalog Number: 6.911.00
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This preliminary study was done to test the feasibility of the subject. I was trying to see how much motion I could suggest through strictly graphic (not painterly) means.

Homeland Security, 2009

Watercolor on paper

26" x 40" (66 cm x 102 cm)

Catalog Number: 6.911.01
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This is a nostalgic picture of some buildings a few blocks from my studio. Based on a photograph, I flopped the image so as to render it less recognizable. It shows a winter landscape in late afternoon.

L'automne, 1997

Oil & acrylic on paper

25" x 38" (64 cm x 97 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.710.00
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The New Jersey Turnpike overpass near my studio.

L'hiver, 1997

Oil & acrylic on paper

25" x 38" (64 cm x 97 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.709.00
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The same overpass in a different season.

L'été, 1997

Oil & acrylic on paper

35" x 28" (89 cm x 71 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.708.00
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Passageway, 2014

Acrylic on paper

8.5" x 11" (22 cm x X28X cm)

Catalog Number: 7.227.00
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5/18

A small group of works done as studies or experiments. They were done to evaluate the feasibility of taking the subject to a more ambitious level.

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Places | Subway

Subway Study 3, 1996

Acrylic on paper

55" x 36" (140 cm x 91 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.622.00
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Subway Study 1, 1996

Acrylic on paper

55" x 36" (140 cm x 91 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.620.00
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Subway Study 2, 1996

Acrylic on paper

52" x 36" (132 cm x 91 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.621.00
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Subway Study 4, 1997

Oil & acrylic on paper mounted on panel

27" x 39" (69 cm x 99 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.734.00
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Subway Study 5, 1997

Oil & acrylic on paper mounted on panel

27" x 39" (69 cm x 99 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.735.00
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Subway Platform, 2002

Ink on paper

4" x 6" (10 cm x 15 cm)

Catalog Number: AG02SK
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Trainride, 2002

Ink on paper

4" x 6" (10 cm x 15 cm)

Catalog Number: AG03SK
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Egress at 9th Street, 2002

Ink on paper

4" x 6" (10 cm x 12 cm)

Catalog Number: AG04SK
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Tunnel / Ribcage, 1999

Conté & ink on paper

11" x 13" (28 cm x 33 cm)

Catalog Number: AG04SK
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Subway Study 6, 1997

Oil & acrylic on paper mounted on panel

27" x 39" (69 cm x 99 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.797.00
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18/18

The work in this group is related to personal experience: the abandoned hulks of dead trains rusting in nearby graveyards and the congested subterranean caverns of my daily commute.

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Places | NY Harbor

1913, 1997

Acrylic on paper

11" x 11" (28 cm x 28 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.719.00
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The decaying train shed at the CRRNJ terminal, built in 1913. It once handled 21 million passengers a year and has been left to ruin since the late '60s

Untitled: Figure in a Landscape, 1997

Acrylic on paper

11" x 11" (28 cm x 28 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.718.00
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Unfortunately, this particular piece of ground is no longer accessible to the public, but it was part of my daily commute for many years.

Overpass, 1997

Acrylic on paper

11" x 11" (28 cm x 28 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.717.00
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Red Boat #3, 1997

Acrylic on paper

11" x 11" (28 cm x 28 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.722.00
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Red Boat #2, 1997

Acrylic on paper

11" x 11" (28 cm x 28 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.723.00
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Red Boat #1, 1997

Acrylic on paper

11" x 11" (28 cm x 28 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.724.00
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Barge, 1997

Acrylic on paper

11" x 11" (28 cm x 28 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.725.00
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Crane, 1997

Acrylic on paper

12.5" x 12.6" (32 cm x 32 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.726.00
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Canal, 1997

Watercolor on Polaroid® transfer

9.25" x 7.13" (24 cm x 18 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.712.00
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RR#2, 1997

Acrylic on Polaroid® transfer

9.25" x 7.13" (24 cm x 18 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.721.00
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RR#1, 1997

Acrylic on Polaroid® transfer

9.25" x 7.13" (24 cm x 18 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.720.00
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18/18

Several scenes near the water's edge, where I would walk to my job every day. These were all done around the same time.

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Places | The North American Landscape Project

The Tallest Tree
(41.18N 124.05W), 1994

Oil on canvas board

8" x 10" (20 cm x 25 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.450.00
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Indiana Soybeans
(40.30N 86.53W), 1994

Oil on canvas board

8" x 10" (20 cm x 25 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.428.00
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Moonrise over Newport
(41.30N 71.19W), 1994

Oil on canvas board

8" x 10" (20 cm x 25 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.430.00
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A Field in New Jersey
(40.43N 74.03W), 1994

Oil on canvas board

8" x 10" (20 cm x 25 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.454.00
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Hwy 10W, Exit 609
(29.40N 97.40W), 1994

Oil on canvas board

8" x 10" (20 cm x 25 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.434.00
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The Grapevine
(32.25N 119.00W), 1994

Oil on canvas board

8" x 10" (20 cm x 25 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.436.00
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Oregon Coast
(42.25N 124.27W), 1994

Oil on canvas board

8" x 10" (20 cm x 25 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.438.00
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The Badlands of South Dakota
(43.42N 101.59W), 1994

Oil on canvas board

8" x 10" (20 cm x 25 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.442.00
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Powder River Pass
(44.02N 107.26W), 1994

Oil on canvas board

8" x 10" (20 cm x 25 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.440.00
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Lake in the Rockies
(44.02N 107.26W), 1994

Oil on canvas board

8" x 10" (20 cm x 25 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.420.00
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Mount Shasta
(41.19N 122.20W), 1994

Oil on canvas board

8" x 10" (20 cm x 25 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.446.00
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Wyoming Highway
(44.18N 107.56W), 1994

Oil on canvas board

8" x 10" (20 cm x 25 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.448.00
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Mississippi in Minnesota
(43.48N 91.15W), 1994

Oil on canvas board

8" x 10" (20 cm x 25 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.426.00
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Northern California
(40.39N 122.24W), 1994

Oil on canvas board

8" x 10" (20 cm x 25 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.452.00
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Newberry Springs
(34.50N 116.40W), 1994

Oil on canvas board

8" x 10" (20 cm x 25 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.432.00
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Tennessee Storm
(36.28N 82.29W), 1994

Oil on canvas board

8" x 10" (20 cm x 25 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.456.00
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Indiana Pond
(39.12N 85.57W), 1994

Oil on canvas board

8" x 10" (20 cm x 25 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.458.00
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Verrazano Bridge
(40.38N 74.02), 1994

Oil on canvas board

8" x 10" (20 cm x 25 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.460.00
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Rio Grande on the way to El Paso
(29.19N 103.47W), 1994

Oil on canvas board

8" x 10" (20 cm x 25 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.462.00
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Bison in Yellowstone
(44.39N 110.51W), 1994

Oil on canvas board

8" x 10" (20 cm x 25 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.444.00
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Fair Oaks
(41.035N 87.14W), 1994

Oil on canvas board

8" x 10" (20 cm x 25 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.422.00
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Installation View, 1994

Model for proposal

Catalog Number: 5.466.00
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The installation would involve a hand-drawn map of the northern hemisphere across which the individual paintings would be displayed. The students would be encouraged to pinpoint and flag each one, as well as locations of their own choosing.

18/18

After several trips across the continent, I had amassed a collection of slides showing an assortment of locales throughout the US. It intrigued me to discern the commonalities and differences among them. What makes a place recognizable; what landmarks or natural phenomena? Or is it a quality of light?

Each view is painted on an identical small canvas and surrounded by a traditional gold frame. Each is labeled with its longitude & latitude (as accurately as was possible to do in a pre-GPS world). The project developed into a proposal for an exhibit in which middle-school students would create a simple outline wall map of North America and pinpoint the specific places, as well as places of their own choosing.

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Places | Landscape: Experimental Sequence

A Prairie Church, 1997

Acrylic & pastel over
Polaroid® transfer

3.5" x 4.25" (9 cm x 11 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.728.00
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Jamaica Plain, 1997

Acrylic & pastel over
Polaroid® transfer

3.5" x 4.25" (9 cm x 11 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.729.00
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Croquet 1, 1995

Oil on canvas board

8" x 10" (20 cm x 25 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.470.00
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Croquet 2, 1995

Oil on canvas board

8" x 10" (20 cm x 25 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.471.00
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Europe Emerges from the Ice Age (1st State), 1996

Oil on canvas

23.25" x 19.5" (59 cm x 50 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.479.00
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Europe Emerges from the Ice Age (2nd State), 1996

Oil on canvas

23.25" x 19.5" (59 cm x 50 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.479.01
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Ghosts of Cairo, 1996

Oil on canvas

28" x 18" (72 cm x 46 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.481.00
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Private Collection

Rift/Collision, 1996

Collage

14" x 17" (36 cm x 43 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.641.00
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18/18

This group originated with the Croquet pictures, which were direct descendants of the North America project, followed by some boisterous oil paintings, went into experimental mode with collage, and ended with a couple of Polaroid® transfers.

It is clearly transitional, and opened the way to later work.

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Places | On the Beach

Seascape, 2003

Acrylic on paper

8.5" x 11" (22 cm x 28 cm)

Catalog Number: AC48SK
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Water's Edge, 1997

Acrylic on paper

18" x 18" (46 cm x 46 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.788.00
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Waves, 1996

Acrylic on paper

9.5" x 15" (24 cm x 38 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.644.00
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Sand Dunes, 1995

Oil on paper with found gilt frame

12.4" x 16.4" (32 cm x 42 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.475.00
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Salt Marsh, 1995

Oil on paper

5.25" x 8.75" (13 cm x 22 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.477.00
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Sunrise, 1996

Acrylic on paper

9" x 12" (23 cm x 31 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.670.00
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Untitled, 1997

Acrylic on paper

10.75" x 14" (27 cm x 36 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.753.00
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Untitled, 1997

Acrylic on paper

18" x 18" (46 cm x 46 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.754.00
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Beach, 1993

Ink wash on rice paper

5.6" x 6.1" (14 cm x 15 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.355.03
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Ocean, 1993

Ink wash on rice paper

5.6" x 6.1" (14 cm x 15 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.355.01
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Sunset, 1993

Ink wash on rice paper

5.6" x 6.1" (14 cm x 15 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.355.04
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Beach II, 1993

Ink wash on rice paper

5.6" x 6.1" (14 cm x 15 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.355.05
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Mountains and the Sea, 1993

Ink was on rice paper

5.6" x 6" (14 cm x 15 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.355.07
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Untitled, 1993

Ink was on rice paper

5.6" x 6" (14 cm x 15 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.355.08
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Tower, 1996

Watercolor on Polaroid® transfer

9.25" x 7.13" (24 cm x 18 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.645.00
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Sun & Sea, 2002

Acrylic on paper

8.5" x 5.5" (22 cm x 14 cm)

Catalog Number: BC07SK
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Beach with Footprints, 1996

Acrylic on paper

9" x 12" (23 cm x 30 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.660.00
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On the Beach, 1997

Acrylic on paper

30" x 30" (76 cm x 91 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.742.00
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Landscape: by the sea, 2003

Acrylic & crayon on paper

11" x 8.5" (28 cm x 22 cm)

Catalog Number: AC19SK
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Sailboats at Huntington Beach, 1981

Red crayon on paper

6.9" x 8.38" (18 cm x 21 cm)

Catalog Number: 4.125.01
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Untitled (seascape), 2010

Acrylic & graphite on paper

8.5" x 5.5" (22 cm x 14 cm)

Catalog Number: BC21SK
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Zwei Raben (Ocean with Crows), 2012

Acrylic on paper

8" x 10" (20 cm x 25 cm)

Catalog Number: 7.223.01
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Untitled Seascape, 2014

Acrylic on paper

8" x 9.9" (20 cm x 25 cm)

Catalog Number: 7.223.02
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Dunes, 1997

Acrylic on paper

12.5" x 15" (32 cm x 38 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.776.00
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Untitled, 1996

Collage

17" x 14" (43 cm x 36 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.643.00
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Land, Sea & Sky, 1993

Watercolor on paper

5.6" x 5.9" (14 cm x 15 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.351.18
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Sunny Sea, 1993

Watercolor on paper

7.9" x 6.4" (20 cm x 16 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.351.25
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Beach, 1993

Watercolor on paper

8.5" x 7" (22 cm x 18 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.356.03
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Untitled, 1997

Acrylic & oil on canvas board

8" x 10" (20 cm x 25 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.793.00
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Sun & Sea, 2000

Ink on paper

12" x 8.75" (30 cm x 22 cm)

Catalog Number: AH14SK
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Water, 2000

Ink on paper

12" x 8.75" (30 cm x 22 cm)

Catalog Number: AH16SK
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Water, 1997

Acrylic on paper

12" x 15" (30 cm x 38 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.787.00
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Tropical Seascape, 1999

Acrylic on paper

7" x 11" (18 cm x 28 cm)

Catalog Number: BM02SK
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Gray Seascape, 1999

Acrylic on paper

7" x 11" (18 cm x 28 cm)

Catalog Number: BM01SK
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18/18

Pictures of the beach, whether ocean or lake, run the gamut from impressionistic and abstract to descriptions of actual places, including a few illustrations.

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Places | Imaginary Landscapes

Toledo, 1997

Acrylic on paper

11.5" x 133" (29 cm x 33 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.780.00
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A shorthand, impressionistic recollection of El Greco's famous painting at the Met.

Desert, 1996

Acrylic on paper

9" x 12" (23 cm x 30 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.662.00
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City, 2003

Acrylic & graphite on paper

11" x 8.5" (28 cm x 22 cm)

Catalog Number: AC01SK
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Imaginary Landscape, 2000

Acrylic & graphite on paper

11" x 8" (28 cm x 21 cm)

Catalog Number: BB14SK
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Imaginary Landscape, 2000

Acrylic on paper

11" x 8" (28 cm x 21 cm)

Catalog Number: BB06SK
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Mountains & Sky, 2000

Ink on paper

5.5" x 4" (14 cm x 10 cm)

Catalog Number: AH12SK
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Imaginary Landscape, 2002

Acrylic on paper

7.75" x 9.9" (20 cm x 25 cm)

Catalog Number: AA09SK
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Imaginary Landscape, 2002

Acrylic on paper

9.9" x 7.75" (25 cm x 20 cm)

Catalog Number: AA20SK
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Untitled (Vista), 1996

Acrylic on paper

9.5" x 15" (24 cm x 38 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.646.00
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Collection of the Artist •

Untitled Study, 1996

Acrylic & graphite on paper

11" x 11" (28 cm x 28 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.648.00
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Collection of the Artist •

Imaginary Landscape #5, 1996

Acrylic & graphite on paper

11" x 11" (28 cm x 28 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.650.00
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Collection of the Artist •

Imaginary Landscape #4, 1996

Acrylic on paper

11" x 11" (28 cm x 28 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.652.00
©Agnes de Bethune, All Rights Reserved

Collection of the Artist •

Imaginary Landscape #1,
(The Yellow Cloud), 1996

Acrylic on paper

18" x 18" (46 cm x 46 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.656.00
©Agnes de Bethune, All Rights Reserved

Collection of the Artist •

Blue Day Landscape, 1999

Acrylic on paper

7" x 11" (18 cm x 28 cm)

Catalog Number: BM16SK
©Agnes de Bethune, All Rights Reserved

Collection of the Artist •

Georgia, 1996

Acrylic on paper

12" x 9" (30 cm x 23 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.668.00
©Agnes de Bethune, All Rights Reserved

Collection of the Artist •

Sunshine, 1993

Watercolor on paper

8.6" x 5.5" (22 cm x 14 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.351.26
©Agnes de Bethune, All Rights Reserved

Collection of the Artist •

Sun in a Field, 1974

Acrylic on paper

14" x 11" (36 cm x 28 cm)

Catalog Number: 3.741.00
©Agnes de Bethune, All Rights Reserved

Collection of the Artist •

Astronomy, 1976

Acrylic on Masonite®

34.5" x 24" (88 cm x 61 cm)

Catalog Number: 3.766.00
©Agnes de Bethune, All Rights Reserved

Aztec Sun, 1974

Acrylic on paper

11" x 14" (28 cm x 36 cm)

Catalog Number: 3.740.00
©Agnes de Bethune, All Rights Reserved

Collection of the Artist •

Chinampas, 1997

Acrylic on paper

12" x 15" (30 cm x 38 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.777.00
©Agnes de Bethune, All Rights Reserved

Collection of the Artist •

City, 1997

Acrylic on paper

18" x 18" (46 cm x 46 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.778.00
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Collection of the Artist •

Untitled, 1997

Acrylic on paper

18" x 18" (46 cm x 46 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.779.00
©Agnes de Bethune, All Rights Reserved

Collection of the Artist •

New Mexico, 1996

Oil on paper

10" x 11" (25 cm x 28 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.781.00
©Agnes de Bethune, All Rights Reserved

Collection of the Artist •

La-La, 1997

Acrylic & graphite on paper

12.5" x 16" (32 cm x 41 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.782.00
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Collection of the Artist •

18/18

It was through landscape that I was able to wander unself-consciously into abstraction; the subject seemed to invite experimentation with media and ultimately, form.

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Places | Au Jardin

Undergrowth, 1999

Ink & watercolor on paper

5.5" x 8.5" (14 cm x 22 cm)

Catalog Number: AD85SK
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Collection of the Artist •

Garden, 1999

Ink & watercolor on paper

5.5" x 8.5" (14 cm x 22 cm)

Catalog Number: AD86SK
©Agnes de Bethune, All Rights Reserved

Collection of the Artist •

Garden Things, 2003

Ink on paper

5.5" x 8.5" (14 cm x 22 cm)

Catalog Number: AE01SK
©Agnes de Bethune, All Rights Reserved

Collection of the Artist •

Garden, 1999

Ink on paper

8.5" x 5.5" (14 cm x 22 cm)

Catalog Number: AD51SK
©Agnes de Bethune, All Rights Reserved

Collection of the Artist •

Garden, 1999

Ink on paper

5.5" x 8.5" (14 cm x 22 cm)

Catalog Number: AD47SK
©Agnes de Bethune, All Rights Reserved

Collection of the Artist •

Untitled, 2007

Ink on paper

8.5" x 5.5" (22 cm x 14 cm)

Catalog Number: AW30SK
©Agnes de Bethune, All Rights Reserved

Collection of the Artist •

Garden Path, 2016

Ballpoint on paper

8.5" x 5.5" (22 cm x 14 cm)

Catalog Number: BD33SK
©Agnes de Bethune, All Rights Reserved

Collection of the Artist •

Untitled, 2009

Ink on paper

7.5" x 7.5" (19 cm x 19 cm)

Catalog Number: AK03SK
©Agnes de Bethune, All Rights Reserved

Collection of the Artist •

Sunshine, 2000

Ink on paper

5.5" x 4" (14 cm x 10 cm)

Catalog Number: AH02SK
©Agnes de Bethune, All Rights Reserved

Collection of the Artist •

Wildflower Field #2, 1993

Watercolor on paper

7" x 4.75" (18 cm x 12 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.351.10
©Agnes de Bethune, All Rights Reserved

Collection of the Artist •

Psychic Undergrowth, 2002

Ink on paper

9.9" x 7.75" (25 cm x 29 cm)

Catalog Number: AA36SK
©Agnes de Bethune, All Rights Reserved

Collection of the Artist •

Trees in the backyard, 1999

Ink & watercolor on paper

8.5" x 5.5" (22 cm x 14 cm)

Catalog Number: AD83SK
©Agnes de Bethune, All Rights Reserved

Collection of the Artist •

Untitled, 1999

Ink on paper

5.5" x 8.5" (14 cm x 22 cm)

Catalog Number: AD73SK
©Agnes de Bethune, All Rights Reserved

Collection of the Artist •

Untitled, 2006

Ink on paper

5.5" x 8.5" (14 cm x 22 cm)

Catalog Number: AX26SK
©Agnes de Bethune, All Rights Reserved

Collection of the Artist •

Untitled, 2006

Ink on paper

5.5" x 8.5" (14 cm x 22 cm)

Catalog Number: AX27SK
©Agnes de Bethune, All Rights Reserved

Collection of the Artist •

Backyard 2nd Street, 1980

Colored pencil on paper

10.5" x 14" (27 cm x 36 cm)

Catalog Number: 4.110.01
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Collection of the Artist •

Untitled, 2000

Acrylic on paper

11" x 8" (28 cm x 21 cm)

Catalog Number: BB09SK
©Agnes de Bethune, All Rights Reserved

Collection of the Artist •

Weeds, 1998

Ink on paper

8.5" x 5.5" (22 cm x 14 cm)

Catalog Number: AD12SK
©Agnes de Bethune, All Rights Reserved

Collection of the Artist •

Garden Path, 1995

Ink wash on rice paper

10" x 18" (25 cm x 46 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.520.00
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Collection of the Artist •

Garden Path: ink for silkscreen, 1996

Ink on acetate

5.75" x 11" (15 cm x 28 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.613.01
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Collection of the Artist •

Juin, ink for silkscreen, 1996

Ink on acetate

10.25" x 6.9" (26 cm x 17 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.613.00
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Juin: silkscreen, 1996

Silkscreen on paper

15" x 11.25" (38 cm x 29 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.613.04
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Collection of the Artist •

Juin, 1996

Silkscreen & watercolor on paper

7.9" x 5" (20 cm x 13 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.614.00
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Collection of the Artist •

Au Jardin I, 1997

Acrylic on paper

16" x 12.5" (41 cm x 32 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.746.00
©Agnes de Bethune, All Rights Reserved

Collection of the Artist •

Au Jardin II, 1997

Acrylic on paper

16" x 12.5" (41 cm x 32 cm)

Catalog Number: 5.747.00
©Agnes de Bethune, All Rights Reserved

Collection of the Artist •

18/18

The garden is a constant theme. Sometimes from direct observation, sometimes complete fantasy. I have always tried to keep a garden even if only a few containers on the fire escape in Manhattan.

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Places | Sketchbooks

Proscenium: Soave sia il vento, 2001

Acrylic on paper

9.9" x 7.75" (25 cm x 17 cm)

Catalog Number: AA05SK
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Collection of the Artist •

Landslide, 2001

Acrylic on paper

9.9" x 7.75" (25 cm x 17 cm)

Catalog Number: AA06SK
©Agnes de Bethune, All Rights Reserved

Collection of the Artist •

De Profundis, 2013

Ink & crayon on paper

5.5" x 8.5" (14 cm x 22 cm)

Collection of the Artist •

Shelter, 2010

Ink & acrylic on paper

8.5" x 7.6" (22 cm x 19 cm)

Collection of the Artist •

My studio (with shadows), 1999

Ink on paper

5.5" x 8.5" (14 cm x 22 cm)

Collection of the Artist •

Zebra Crossing Study, 2015

Acrylic on paper

24" x 18" (61 cm x 46 cm)

Collection of the Artist •

Hill & Clouds, 2000

Ink on paper

5.5" x 4" (14 cm x 10 cm)

Collection of the Artist •

City at Night, 2000

Ink on paper

5.5" x 4" (14 cm x 10 cm)

Collection of the Artist •

View of the Hudson River from my hospital window, 2011

Ink sketch with digital color enhancement

8.4" x 5.75" (21 cm x 15 cm)

Collection of the Artist •

NY skyline from my hospital window, 2011

Ink sketch with digital color enhancement

5.75" x 8.4" (15 cm x 21 cm)

Collection of the Artist •

Interior, 2003

Crayon on paper

11" x 8.5" (28 cm x 22 cm)

Collection of the Artist •

Study for "Scheldt", 2012

Graphite on paper

20" x 16" (51 cm x 41 cm)

Collection of the Artist •

Study for "Parapluie", 2012

Graphite on paper

20" x 16" (51 cm x 41 cm)

Collection of the Artist •

Study for "The Tumulus", 2012

Graphite on paper

20" x 16" (51 cm x 41 cm)

Collection of the Artist •

Chicago Diaries: Lake, 2012

Ink on paper

5.5" x 8.5" (14 cm x 22 cm)

Collection of the Artist •

Chicago Diaries: N. Michigan Avenue, 2012

Ink on paper

5.5" x 8.5" (14 cm x 22 cm)

Collection of the Artist •

Chicago Diaries: O'Hare, 2012

Ink on paper

5.5" x 8.5" (14 cm x 22 cm)

Collection of the Artist •

Chicago Diaries: Caillebotte, 2012

Ink on paper

5.5" x 8.5" (14 cm x 22 cm)

Collection of the Artist •

Chicago Diaries: Hotel Room, 2014

Ink on paper

5.5" x 8.5" (14 cm x 22 cm)

Collection of the Artist •

Untitled, 1999

Watercolor on paper

7" x 11" (18 cm x 28 cm)

Collection of the Artist •

Vertical Landscape, 2010

Acrylic on paper

11" x 8.5" (28 cm x 22 cm)

Collection of the Artist •

New York Harbor, 2017

Ink & graphite on paper

8.5" x 5.5" (22 cm x 14 cm)

Collection of the Artist •

New York Harbor, 2016

Ink & graphite on paper

8.5" x 5.5" (22 cm x 14 cm)

Collection of the Artist •

Way, 1999

Ink on paper

13" x 11" (33 cm x 28 cm)

Collection of the Artist •

Untitled, 1999

Ink on paper

11" x 8.5" (28 cm x 22 cm)

Collection of the Artist •

Geologic Presence, 1999

Ink on paper

11" x 8.5" (28 cm x 22 cm)

Collection of the Artist •

Real Space, 2010

Crayon on paper

24" x 36" (61 cm x 91 cm)

Collection of the Artist •

Water View, 1999

Crayon & acrylic on paper

8.5" x 11" (22 cm x 28 cm)

Collection of the Artist •

Untitled (Spring Landscape), 1999

Crayon & acrylic on paper

8.5" x 11" (22 cm x 28 cm)

Collection of the Artist •

Density, 1999

Crayon & acrylic on paper

8.5" x 11" (22 cm x 28 cm)

Collection of the Artist •

Untitled, 1999

Acrylic on paper

8.5" x 11" (22 cm x 28 cm)

Collection of the Artist •

Landscape, 1999

Graphite on paper

8.5" x 11" (22 cm x 28 cm)

Collection of the Artist •

Wreckage, 2010

Acrylic on paper

8.5" x 11" (22 cm x 28 cm)

Collection of the Artist •

Untitled, 1999

Ink on paper

11" x 8.5" (28 cm x 22 cm)

Collection of the Artist •

18/18

From descriptive illustration to fantastic imaginings, sketchbooks are a useful means to help me ground myself. It is a natural impulse to try to describe my environment both physical and psychic, and the sketchbooks often serve as diaries or are part of diaries.

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Places | Themes & Variations

Open 2 (alt), 2014

Acrylic on paper

11" x 8.5" (28 cm x 22 cm)

Collection of the Artist •

Open 2, 2014

Acrylic on paper

8.5" x 11" (22 cm x 28 cm)

Collection of the Artist •

This image and its alternate version (preceding) could be subtitled "The Center of the Universe". There is a figure (the travel agent) with his globe in the distant interior. This is the tighter rendering of the two.

Flemish Farmhouse 1, 2014

Acrylic on paper

11" x 8.5" (28 cm x 22 cm)

Collection of the Artist •

The first in a series of studies for this austere view of a stuccoed farmhouse.

Flemish Farmhouse 2, 2014

Acrylic on paper

11" x 8.5" (28 cm x 22 cm)

Collection of the Artist •

Flemish Farmhouse 3, 2014

Acrylic on paper

11" x 8.5" (28 cm x 22 cm)

Collection of the Artist •

Flemish Farmhouse 4, 2014

Acrylic on paper

11" x 8.5" (28 cm x 22 cm)

Collection of the Artist •

The Tumulus 1, 2014

Acrylic on paper

11" x 8.5" (28 cm x 22 cm)

Collection of the Artist •

There was reputed to be an ancient Roman tumulus behind my cousin's house in Chastre. Of course, nothing is left of it but it became the focus of these various treatments of the landscape.

The Tumulus 2, 2014

Acrylic on paper

11" x 8.5" (28 cm x 22 cm)

Collection of the Artist •

The Tumulus 3, 2014

Acrylic on paper

11" x 8.5" (28 cm x 22 cm)

Collection of the Artist •

L'heure bleue I, 2014

Acrylic on paper

8.5" x 11" (22 cm x 28 cm)

Collection of the Artist •

Sunset over Brussels, the first of three.

L'heure bleue II, 2014

Acrylic on paper

8.5" x 8.5" (22 cm x 22 cm)

Collection of the Artist •

L'heure bleue III, 2014

Acrylic on paper

8.5" x 8.5" (22 cm x 22 cm)

Collection of the Artist •

18/18

Two, three or more renderings of a particular locale: these studies were done to to determine feasibility and approach for a potential larger work. It helps to work out the details at a smaller scale.

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Places | Titans, a proposal