Nitrate Painting XV
Artist
Constance DeJong
(American, born 1950)
Date1996
Mediumchemical patination on copper
DimensionsOverall Size of Object: 15 1/4 × 5 1/2 × 1/4 in. (38.7 × 14 × 0.6 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of Jonathan Abrams and Fay Pfaelzer Abrams, 2013
Object number2013.24.9
DescriptionGreen patination on surface of copper plate in an abstract design; plywood support structure.eMuseum Notes
As with all of Constance DeJong’s work, Nitrate Painting XV rigorously explores the myriad ways in which the artist can work in copper. This includes experiments with its interaction with light, its use as line and shadow, its potential for sculpture, and its use as a means of painting with chemicals. The very title of Nitrate Painting XV indicates the artist’s desire to push the limit of what painting is, on a surface that is three-dimensional and with materials not often thought of as “painterly.”
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