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Photography by Edward C. Robison III.

Second in the Screen Door Sequence: Atticus and Scout

ArtistaJamie Wyeth(b. 1946)
Fecha2015
MedioOil on canvas with found American door and lamp
Dimensiones36 x 11 in. (91.4 x 27.9 cm)
Marca(s)verso, 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
Línea de créditoPromised Gift to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas
ClasificaciónSculpture
En exhibiciónNo
Second in the Screen…36 × 11 in.Tennis Ball2.7 in. diameter

This artwork's face covers about 54× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.