February Fourteenth / Charles Clough
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.227
- Title
- February Fourteenth
- Artist
- Charles Clough
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1951
- Medium and Support
- enamel on board
- Object Creation Date
- 1986-1989
- Object Creation Place
- North America
- American
- Creation Place 1
- North America
- Creation Place 2
- American
- Style/Group/Movement
- 2nd generation abstract expressionism
- Period
- Modern and contemporary
- Dimensions
- 55 cm x 67 cm (21 5/8 in. x 26 3/8 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- abstract
- Physical Description
- Enamel abstract expressionist painting in traditional Valentine’s Day colors: white, orange, red, magenta, salmon.
- “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)
- Secondary Keywords
- events
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2800 x 2310
- File Size
- 885 KB
- Record
- 2008/2.227
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2008-sl-2.227/2008_2_227.jpg
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"February Fourteenth; Charles Clough." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2008-sl-2.227/2008_2_227.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 17, 2024.