Textured Study
Artist
Cady Wells
(American, 1904 - 1954)
Date1945-1954
Mediumwatercolor on paperboard
DimensionsOverall: 22 1/2 x 30 x 1 in. (57.2 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm)22-3/4 x 28-1/2 image; 22-1/2 x 30 paper
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of the Cady Wells Estate, 1982
Object number1982.16.20
DescriptionAbstract on black background. Green and yellow squares with leaf patterns in center of squares. Rust, green and red throughout. Orange speckled at top and bottom edges.eMuseum Notes
In the years following World War II, Cady Wells explored new techniques to speak to the uncertainty of the Atomic Age. He developed a new feeling for texture in his work that resembled textiles, wood grain, and stained glass. Wells applied successive layers of watercolor and then blotted or scraped away top layers to create the murky colors and intricate textures in studies such as this.
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