id:			380088
accession number:	2020.171
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.171
updated:		2023-03-22 03:05:28.598000

Garden Variations, Orange and Yellow, 1977. Joseph O'Sickey (American, 1918–2013). Oil on canvas; overall: 152.4 x 177.8 cm (60 x 70 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift 2020.171

title:				Garden Variations, Orange and Yellow
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creation date:			1977
creation date earliest:		1977
creation date latest:		1977
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creditline:			Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift
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culture:	America
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	Contemporary Art
collection:	CONTEMP - Painting
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Joseph O'Sickey (American, 1918–2013)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 152.4 x 177.8 cm (60 x 70 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Signed and dated, lower right: O'Sickey 77
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection
	opening date:   2022-09-11T04:00:00
	<i>Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 11, 2022-January 8, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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fun fact:
As a child, O’Sickey attended Saturday classes in illustration here at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

digital description:
Joseph O’Sickey’s most celebrated canvases, such as <em>Garden Variations: Orange and Yellow</em>, are hybrid still life and landscape subjects that he arranged and painted in his backyard. A frequent motif in this body of work is a cloth-covered table prepared for entertainment that takes center stage. Here, the table displays a bowl of fruit, vases of flowers, and bottled beverages. As this painting’s title suggests, bold color is a prominent compositional feature, creating a festive feeling appropriate for an informal outdoor gathering.

wall description:
Joseph O’Sickey’s most celebrated canvases, such as <em>Garden Variations: Orange and Yellow</em>, are hybrid still life and landscape subjects that he arranged and painted in his backyard. A frequent motif in this body of work is a cloth-covered table prepared for entertainment that takes center stage. Here, the table displays a bowl of fruit, vases of flowers, and bottled beverages. As this painting’s title suggests, bold color is a prominent compositional feature, creating a festive feeling appropriate for an informal outdoor gathering.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Brown, Heather Lemonedes. “Color, Sensation, and Memory: Themes in the Keithleys’ gift and promised gift.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>62, no. 3, 2022: Cover, 4-7.
	page number: 	Reproduced: Cover, P. 2.
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