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Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
Night Sailing in the Pleiades
Photography by Edward C. Robison III.

Night Sailing in the Pleiades

Artist (Cherokee, born 1935)
Date1980
MediumAcrylic, saponified wax, modeling paste, and glitter over ink on canvas
Dimensions48 3/8 × 48 5/8 × 4 1/8 in. (122.9 × 123.5 × 10.5 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2022.22
Signedverso, u.l.: K WalkingStick
Accession number 2022.22
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceArtist; to (Hales Gallery, New York, NY); purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2022
Label TextCreated in 1980, Night Sailing in the Pleiades exemplifies Kay WalkingStick’s shift towards abstraction that started in the mid-1970s. In this work, two wound-like slashes and a line along the left side reveal the blood-red undersurface of the black canvas. WalkingStick creates depth and weight by pushing, pressing, scraping, and slicing into caked-on layers of wax-paint material. The result is a painting that is both rich in surface texture and brimming with emotion.

Navegación nocturna por las Pléyades, creada en 1980, ejemplifica el giro de Kay WalkingStick hacia la abstracción que comenzó a mediados de los años setenta. En esta obra, dos cortes en forma de herida y una línea a lo largo del lado izquierdo revelan una capa color rojo sangre por debajo del lienzo negro. WalkingStick crea profundidad y peso al empujar, presionar, raspar y cortar capas comprimidas de pintura de cera. El resultado es un cuadro rico en textura en su superficie y repleto de emoción.
Inscribedverso, c.: #56 / "Night Sailing in / the Pleiades"
verso, u.r.: TOP / 1-80
Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
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