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Flowers for Lisa #66--After Lewis Carroll
Flowers for Lisa #66--After Lewis Carroll

Flowers for Lisa #66--After Lewis Carroll

Artist Abelardo Morell (American, born Cuba, 1948)
Date2017
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 29 3/4 × 22 1/4 inches (75.57 × 56.52 cm)
Mount: 29 3/4 × 22 1/4 inches (75.57 × 56.52 cm)
Framed: 37 × 29 3/16 × 1 3/4 inches (93.98 × 74.14 × 4.45 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2019.22.24
SignedSigned on artist's label adhered to mount verso, lower right corner, in black type with black pen: "ABELARDO MORELL / Flowers for Lisa #66 - After Lewis Carroll, 2017 / Edition 1/10 / [signature]"
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
Edition/State/Proofed. 1/10
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DescriptionStill life image of clear vase filled half way with water; long stem roses and petals are scattered around the wooden platform. The vase is placed in front of a square frame with a mirror on the left half; behind the frame is another vase filled with colored/dark water. The flowers are in various stages of decay - some wilted, others dried. Dappled light is scattered across the surface.Gallery Label

How much of this picture is a reflection, and how much is direct representation?

Abelardo Morell centers his work on a half-mirror, which he uses in the middle ground to frame the space between two vases. His adept use of light, composition, and contrast creates a dazzling illusionistic union of these two forms.

Provenance
Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2019;
Given by The Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2019.
Copyright© Abelardo Morell
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