Bounded on the West by the Land Under Water / Kay Sage

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Accession Number
1963/2.1
Title
Bounded on the West by the Land Under Water
Artist
Kay Sage
Artist Nationality
American
Artist Life Dates
1898 - 1963
Medium and Support
oil on canvas
Object Creation Date
1946
Object Creation Place
North and Central America (continent)
United States (nation)
Connecticut (state)
Woodbury, CT
Creation Place 2
United States (nation)
Creation Place 3
Connecticut (state)
Creation Place 4
Woodbury, CT
Style/Group/Movement
Surrealist
Inscription
signed and dated in paint, recto, lower left
verso -
sticker on wooden frame - Catherine Viviano Gallery, 42 East 57th Street, New York 22, N.Y.; Artist: Kay Sage; Title: Bounded on the West by the Land Under Water; Date: 1946; Medium: oil on canvas; Size: 28 x 26 inches
In pencil on wood frame - Bounded on the West by the Land Under Water, 1946, Kay Sage, Woodbury, Conn. 1963/2.1
In white crayon on wood frame - 42 E. 57
Dimensions
71.4 cm x 91 cm (28 1/8 in. x 35 13/16 in.)
Century
20th century
Primary Object Classification
Painting
Primary Object Type
cityscape
Secondary Object Classification
Painting
Secondary Object Type
abstract
Physical Description
Four spare industrial structures rise at different angles into an empty landscape. On the viewer's right, a scaffolding rises from the lower corner and angles to the left. On the left, another scaffold structure runs from the bottom corner along the left edge. In the middle, a building-like structure rises from the bottom of the composition and leans into the visual space, resting on a long rectangular solid that is draped with a cloth.
Subject Matter
An expansive, lonely, empty space is occupied only by the spare presence of scaffolds and buildings whose physical structures do not quite make logical sense. The image expresses the melancholy, desolateness, and crazy logic potential in human-made landscapes, like industrial sites and cities.
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1963/2.1
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"Bounded on the West by the Land Under Water; Kay Sage." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1963-sl-2.1/1963_2.1.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 18, 2024.
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