Fire Engine Red / Dorothea Rockburne
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.136.1-2
- Title
- Fire Engine Red
- Artist
- Dorothea Rockburne
- Artist Nationality
- Canadian American
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1932
- Medium and Support
- wrinkle finish paint (oil) on aluminum
- Object Creation Date
- 1967
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Style/Group/Movement
- minimalist
- Inscription
- Verso, inscribed in red paint, c., u.l. and l.r. of panel: 70.14a (l. panel), 70.14b (r. panel); in crayon, u.l..: Rockburne/67/2 parts (r. panel); sheet attached to l. panel, bot. third: see copy in object file. Aluminum panels are stamped: ALCOA REG/TM .O64 ANA
- Dimensions
- 231.78 cm x 219.1 cm x 6.67 cm (91 1/4 in. x 86 1/4 in. x 2 5/8 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- acrylic
- Physical Description
- Two large panels painted red panels of aluminum, situated against one another so that the seam is visible at center. A line of white runs along each panel's outer edge.
- Subject Matter
- A minimalist piece, the subject matter of which is 1) the red color, from which the piece takes its name, "Fire Engine Red," 2) the effect on the color of the painting surface, aluminum, and 3) the texture of the painted surface, which was quickly dried and given a wrinkled texture with a heat lamp.
- Primary Keywords
- abstraction
- acrylic painting (technique)
- acrylic paintings
- color-field
- fire engines
- minimal
- Secondary Keywords
- descriptors
- emergency vehicles
- freewheeled vehicles
- freewheeled vehicles by form or function
- genres
- image-making processes and techniques
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- land vehicles
- land vehicles by form
- modern and contemporary art
- objects we use
- painting and painting techniques
- painting techniques
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- paintings by material or technique
- people and culture
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- service and utility vehicles
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- transportation vehicles
- vehicles
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 997 x 1503
- File Size
- 138 KB
- Record
- 1997/1.136.1-2
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1997-sl-1.136.1-2/1997_1.136.1-2.jpg
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"Fire Engine Red; Dorothea Rockburne." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1997-sl-1.136.1-2/1997_1.136.1-2.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
