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Hazy watercolor illustrates a green landscape and blue mountain in the distance. Most of the work is covered by a large, deep-yellow and gray cloud filling the otherwise teal sky.

Thomas Sgouros

Remembered Landscape 14 • VIII • 96

Description

Maker

Thomas Sgouros (American, 1927 - 2012)

Title

Remembered Landscape 14 • VIII • 96

Year

August 14, 1996

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

watercolor

Supports

Dimensions

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

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Label: Exhibition label from Virginia Lynch Gallery on mat

Credit / Object Number

Credit

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

Object Number

1998.83

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Tradition and Innovation in American Watercolors
Jan 27, 1999 – Apr 11, 1999

Label copy

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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Thomas Sgouros (American, 1927 - 2012)
Remembered Landscape 14 • VIII • 96, August 14, 1996
Watercolor on paper
Sheet: 50.8 x 54.6 cm (20 x 21 1/2 inches)
Museum purchase: Gift of the Artist's Development Fund of the Rhode Island Foundation 1998.83

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