id:			152356
accession number:	1985.206.a
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.206.a
updated:		2023-03-14 12:01:26.186000

Sunset and Concrete Dock: Painting, 1984. Jennifer Bartlett (American, 1941–2022). Oil on canvas; unframed: 335.2 x 213 cm (131 15/16 x 83 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1985.206.a

title:				Sunset and Concrete Dock: Painting
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creation date:			1984
creation date earliest:		1984
creation date latest:		1984
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	Contemporary Art
collection:	CONTEMP - Painting
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Jennifer Bartlett (American, 1941–2022)  - artist

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measurements: Unframed: 335.2 x 213 cm (131 15/16 x 83 7/8 in.)
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In this multimedia environment, Bartlett demonstrates her talent for juxtaposing a variety of images, styles, and perspectives. Since the 1980s, Bartlett has combined painting and sculptural elements to create jarring illusions: her paintings explore themes of houses, gardens, and seascapes, while her inclusion of sculpted boats, houses, and other objects extends the scenes into the viewer’s space. In Sunset and Concrete Dock, the painting depicts a shallow landscape of trees and a flat geometric red house at sunset. Dense with expressive brushwork, this atmospheric scene recalls both 19th-century European and American landscape painting. The painted image of a red house reappears as a volumetric object placed in front of the canvas, sparking a dialogue between concept and reality. John L. Severance Fund 1985.206.a–f
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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 120
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