Thoroughfare, Passage

Artist Sharon Patten (American, 1943 - 1995)

Date1993

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsA: 144 × 60 inches (365.76 × 152.4 cm)
B: 144 × 60 inches (365.76 × 152.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Jeffrey Woodson Jarrett

Object numberF98-20/5 A,B

Signedon each panel, verso, l.r., in black paint: "Sharon, Patten, 1993"

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DescriptionDiptych comprised of two abstract paintings built up of multiple heavily impastoed paint layers.

Thoroughfare: Dominant blue/green modulating to blue/yellow (top to bottom) in left vertical organically shaped segment. Dominant blue/green modulating to blue/yellow and then to yellow (top to bottom) in right vertical organically shaped segment. Dominant white organic vertical form at center and periphery. (LEFT PANEL)

Passage: Dominant blue/green vertical element running full height of painting at left. Dominant yellow, organically shaped segment in upper right section. Dominant white organically shaped segments at top center and lower right. (RIGHT PANEL)

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