Gush of Fire
Gush of Fire
Artist
Lenore Tawney
(1907 - 2007)
Date1964
MediumInk on paper
Dimensions23 × 18 in. (58.4 × 45.7 cm)
ClassificationsDrawing
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, Gift of the Lenore G. Tawney Foundation, 2022.11
Signedl.r.: LT / 8/27/64
Accession number
2022.11
DescriptionGush of Fire illustrates Tawney’s simultaneous study of the Jacquard loom and the writings of German Christian mystic, Jakob Böhme. The title is drawn from Böhme’s writings: “The soul in its substance is a magical gush of fire.”On View
Not on viewLabel TextThese lines recall the vertical threads on a loom, called the warp. Tawney created this drawing after seeing a Jacquard loom in action—which has a warp with this unique triangular shape.
For Tawney, making art was a meditative, spiritual experience. The title reflflects this, drawn from the writings of Christian mystic Jakob Böhme (1575–1624): “The soul in its substance is a magical gush of fire.”
Estas líneas se asemejan a los hilos verticales de un telar, llamados urdimbre. Tawney creó este dibujo después de ver un telar Jacquard en acción, que tiene una urdimbre con esta singular forma triangular.
Para ella, crear arte era una experiencia meditativa y espiritual. Así lo refleja en este título, extraído de los escritos del místico cristiano Jakob Böhme (1575-1624): “El alma en su sustancia es un mágico torrente de fuego”.
Inscribedl.l.: Gush of Fire
Markingsverso, u.l.: [Willard Gallery label]
verso, l.l.: [Kulicke Frames label]
l.l. edge of frame, label: 6
