This Note relates to the shaped painting Wall Sentinel 1968
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notes from the 1960s paintings
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WALL SENTINEL
1968
Acrylic on cotton canvas stretched over shaped frame and intended to lead against the wall.
Description:
the areas of colours are delineated by pencil lines which are not concealed during the process of painting. The canvas was treated with Bondcrete to seal it, and is the first where no priming code is applied. The colours, as a result, could be applied in a thin transparent layer, thus producing a more brilliant colour. The orange, especially, was applied in a very dodgy at form but uniformity was preserved.
Exhibited:
Dates:
commenced and finished January 1968. The first one attempted was destroyed due to an accident in the finer orange time.
Size:
91" x 25" (on average).
Sale:
Notes:
the rationale for this painting came from a yellow "mist" effect produced in Wedge.
Slide sent to Lily Hitch, Design Art Centre, Brisbane, $200, 25 February 1969.
