Kaleidoscope

Artist Leigh Behnke (American, born 1946)

Date1989

MediumWatercolor on paper

DimensionsImage (each): 12 3/4 × 20 inches (32.39 × 50.8 cm)
Framed: 32 × 25 1/2 inches (81.28 × 64.77 cm)

Credit LineGift of Lawrence L. DiCarlo

Object number2007.20.1

Signedb.r. (in pencil): "1989 LEIGH BEHNKE"

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DescriptionDepiction of two domestic interior scenes on a single sheet of paper. in the upper image, on the left is a wooden rocking chair set in front of a window. The door to this room is opened wide and serves as a visual barrier that divides thishalf of the composition from the other half. Opposie, to the right is a house plant, mirror, and shuttered window. Below this image is a similar composition of the same shape and size. The left portion shows a door frame and room beyond, a mirror, and its reflection of house plants. to the right, the artist has painted a smaller, gold-framed mirror, several plants, and part of another window.

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