Redoubt / Charles Clough
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.225
- Title
- Redoubt
- Artist
- Charles Clough
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1951
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- Object Creation Date
- 1990
- Object Creation Place
- North America
- American
- Creation Place 1
- North America
- Creation Place 2
- American
- Style/Group/Movement
- 2nd generation abstract expressionist
- Period
- Modern and contemporary
- Dimensions
- 182.88 cm x 157.48 cm (72 in. x 62 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- abstract
- Physical Description
- High-gloss abstract expressionist painting of a large Africa-shaped form in red against black ground. Clough’s unique way of applying paint to the canvas results in a highly articulated and densely textured surface. “In place of the brush and other typical painter's tools, Clough uses an instrument he calls the ‘Big Finger,’ a large balloon-like contraption that he invented to spread poured house enamel on masonite into broad gestural constellations.” (Max Henry, “charles clough,” http://www.artnet.com/magazine_pre2000/reviews/henry/henry2-5-99.asp)
- Subject Matter
- The word “redoubt” is defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as:
- 1. Fortification.
- a. A small work projecting from or within a bastion or ravelin (now only in detached redoubt). In later use chiefly: an enclosed fieldwork or outwork, having little or no flanking defences.
- b. An entrenched stronghold or refuge; = REDUIT n. 2.
- 2. fig. or in figurative context. A stronghold, retreat, or refuge.
- 3. a. An entertainment consisting of music and dancing, esp. a masked ball. Now hist.
- b. A public assembly hall used for gambling and entertainments. Obs.
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- image-making processes and techniques
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- painting and painting techniques
- painting techniques
- painting techniques by medium
- people and culture
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2611 x 3034
- File Size
- 1 MB
- Record
- 2008/2.225
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2008-sl-2.225/2008_2_225.jpg
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"Redoubt; Charles Clough." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2008-sl-2.225/2008_2_225.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
