Second in the Screen Door Sequence: Atticus and Scout
Date2015
MediumOil on canvas with found American door and lamp
Dimensions87 in. × 33 1/2 in. × 5 1/2 in. (221 × 85.1 × 14 cm)
attached base: 36 × 11 in. (91.4 × 27.9 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LinePromised Gift to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas
Markingsverso, u.c., label: important / Lighting for "2nd in a screen door sequence" / 60 watt replica edison lightbulb / piece of 16" x 16" cardboard / heat resistant (up to 1000°) white spray paint / (rustoleum stove paint) / zinsser bulls eye amber shellac / note: the porch light fixture is mounted / with a hinge: to fully open screen door / lift fixture up - door passes under / to light / screw bulb fully into socket / while holding cardboard between / door and bulb. spray paint side / of bulb facing out (ie: spray / paint 1/2 of bulb - the 1/2 facing / viewer - thus viewer is not blinded / by exposed bulb) once dry (almost / immediatly) flick, with stiff brush, / droplets of amber shellac over / spraypainted surface: creating / fly-shit effect. / Jamie Wyeth
