Bounded on the West by the Land Under Water / Kay Sage
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Record Details
- 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 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Connecticut (state)
- Creation Place 4
- Woodbury, CT
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Estate of Kay Sage Tanguy
- 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.
- Primary Keywords
- abstraction
- industrial buildings
- industrial complexes
- industrial landscapes
- landscapes
- oil painting
- scaffolds
- surrealism
- surrealist
- tower
- towers (single built works)
- water
- Secondary Keywords
- massing or shape
- architecture
- buildings and the land
- built complexes and districts
- complexes
- complexes by function
- cultural landscapes
- cultural landscapes by location or context
- descriptors
- equipment
- equipment by process
- european
- european styles and periods
- genres
- image-making processes and techniques
- industrial structures
- landscapes (environments)
- modern and contemporary art
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- modern european styles and movements
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- settlements and landscapes
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- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- supporting equipment
- the natural world
- tools and equipment
- waterscapes
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1201 x 933
- File Size
- 73 KB
- Record
- 1963/2.1
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1963-sl-2.1/1963_2.1.jpg
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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 May 21, 2024.