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Thomas Sgouros

Remembered Landscape 14 • VIII • 96, August 14, 1996

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Description

Maker

Thomas Sgouros, 1927 - 2012, American, RISD BFA 1950, Illustration; RISD faculty 1962–2007

Title

Remembered Landscape 14 • VIII • 96

Year

August 14, 1996

Medium

Watercolor on paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

watercolor

Supports

Arches hot pressed 90 lb.

Dimensions

Sheet: 50.8 x 54.6 cm (20 x 21 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Exhibition label from Virginia Lynch Gallery on mat

Type

Credit

Museum purchase: Gift of the Artist's Development Fund of the Rhode Island Foundation

Object Number

1998.83

Exhibition History

Tradition and Innovation in American Watercolors

January 27 - April 11, 1999

Sgouros creates depth and atmosphere by layering thin washes of pigment, each added only after the previous has dried. By then wetting and rubbing out sections, he reveals the underlying colored layers, whose tints are otherwise merely suggested in their combinations.

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